Intro to Life

Hello, world.  My name is Jordan Kelly, and I've decided to start a blog.  I believe that life is a learning experience no classroom could contain.  Here I will attempt to enhance my life and yours through the written word.

I have many hopes for this blog, the simplest of these being the growth of discipline.  I want to live life to the fullest and create something new every day, but I have never stuck to that goal as firmly as I should with my writing.  Perhaps this will help me, but my overall goal is much broader and less centered on myself.  I wish to chronicle the quest of life - a series of hopes, dreams, questions, and points where who a person is meets who she can be and she decides which of those people will live.

I myself will play the protagonist.  I will tell of life as I see it and describe the paths I walk and their effects on me; the people I meet and what I learn from them; the battles I fight, the weapons I use, and the injuries I sustain; and perhaps most importantly the havens along the way where I find wisdom, peace, and love. I invite you to join in this tale by sharing your own stories, opinions, questions, and even criticisms.  During our journey together, we will interact with inspiration, intellect, hope, and truth.  We will explore the battle between good and evil.  We will meet strong opinions.  Hopefully most of us will greet them with respect for their bearers even if we cannot respect the opinions borne.  However, I am well aware that some have never learned such respect, and I will face these people without fear or anger when they appear.  If you feel you can do the same, please join me.  If not, I do not mind standing alone once in awhile.

This is my quest - to become who I can be instead of remaining who I am.  I share the quest with you for your benefit and mine.  Please challenge me, question me, encourage me, criticize me, heal me, wound me, rebuke me, respect me, love me, and hate me as you will, on one condition: come with me!