First of all I would like to say thank you to those of you who have visited my blog  and commented on my posts so far, you have all been very kind!  If you have seen my previous effort, all I can say is I am  glad to know that there are friendly folk hereabouts in this neighbourhood!  Actually by just knowing that fact I don’t feel as isolated as I could have been.

Thanks to the fact that we have been empowered with the ability to visit each others sites to see how others are progressing has been interesting and helpful.  This can only be a big step in helping us in  getting to where we want to be a whole lot quicker.  Seeing the quality work and the efforts of my fellow classmates has only inspired me to go on and want to try harder in reaching  my own goals.   Personally speaking,  in seeing the the different types of sites and reading where each member is at this moment in time has allowed me to see that what I am striving for is not a lonely task.  When I first started this program I had my doubts about if I really could achieve anything, but even at this this early stage I feel that a lot can be achieved if I persist with this.

As I have said in my opening paragraph,  I am grateful for the positive responses to my blog so far.  However,  I feel one cautionary piece of advice is warranted, and please do not read this the wrong way, I do think that we must not go around back slapping each other for the sake of doing so, that said credit given where credit is due.    Speaking for Myself for a moment, I for one would be prepared to listen to any constructive criticism as long as it is given as advice on my blog, even if at first glance it may appear to be negative.   Remember we do not have to publish all the comments left and we can deal with them as we wish to.  I am not trying to make a negative statement here so please do not read this as such, but even though I am writing an item I think is helpful or informative, I would really like to know what real relevance it has to my readers.  I one would like to know that I am writing material that can have the potential to attract readers from outside our group in the shortest possible time.  That is not to say I am impatient with proceedings, but what I would really like is to know is am I going in the right direction.  Please do not think that I am setting myself up to be knocked down, nor would I wish that to happen to anyone else.  But I do feel I could benefit from from the comments from anyone who would normally just pass my blog by because they did not like it for whatever reason.  I would  be interested in what they thought of my style of writing or the content as long as it is a fair comment.

Having said that, I feel that I should say that if anyone does read this post and feel that I am suggesting that they should go and look for reasons to nit-pick  other blogs , PLEASE DON’T.   I am not saying that for one moment.  Please remember that each of us are putting 100% effort into what we do.  We should take care in order not to let others feel that we have put down their pride and joy because of an unintentional  slight in a well meant comment.   We all would benefit from the advice of others, (good or otherwise),  but please keep in mind we all have feelings!   So before we leave that “helpful” comment just stop and think for a moment how you would feel about what you would see when you were at the same stage, and as a result we should choose our words carefully!

Again, I would like to say that we have all been given a powerful tool to help each other to the good.  So we all should be  using it no matter how irrelevant we feel any comment we make might be, a word of support can go a long way.  By doing so and as long as we do it with the right intentions it can hopefully only help others who may feel as I do.  We should be prepared to spend some time visiting each others blogs and share our thoughts.  As we have been told when we were given this tool, this can only be to our benefit so let’s make the most of it.

I look forward to meeting you all on the forum soon!