The Evolution...of a Blog

There have been many posts done, that talk about the life cycle of a blog. The evolution of blogs. etc. etc. etc. I am not here to mimic. Just inquire. As I prepared for my recent bloggy move, I began to think.......

What draws us to each other? What keeps us around? What happens to those we are used to seeing, when suddenly they become strangers? I know for me, it's kind of like losing touch with an old friend.

Life changes, things change, new blogs come into existence and we move on. I hate to use the phrase "In with the new, and out with the old". But I think, at times, it very much applies. There are some blogs that I read religiously, in my early days of blogging. For one reason or another, whether it be the blog became dormant, my interests changed or the blogs took a course -I had not yet mapped, I have moved on. I have become inactive.

At times I have felt guilty. A tinge of pain as I -in a sense, abandon those I once "knew". But with clarity, I've decided something. Something very important. It's okay. It's okay if I choose to move on. It's okay if they move away from me. I am a firm believer in fate and destiny. That there are no coincidences. Those that surround me are here for a reason. If they move on, they are moving for a reason. We learn and grow each day. We help each other to learn and grow. Maybe those that have moved on, were simply all 'grown'. While I too, have found myself 'grown'.