I've been pondering renaming the blog. When I started my blog (other than a health economics blog for my teaching), I called it physical and spiritual running. That was the most appropriate title as I was trying to figure out what running meant and what a death from cancer meant. Running had begun to evolve for me from just a personal physical activity to something much more social and much deeper.
Then, after my first marathon I closed the book on that first topic and then called the blog what it is now and has been for a year and a half--Physical and Spiritual Well-Being. The blog is about all types of well being and I talk about my running as well as other things that I ponder.
I'm now thinking of calling it "Connecting the Dots and Nourishing the Soul". Why? Well, everything that I write nourishes my soul. Maybe it helps others to nourish their souls. It gets a reasonable number of hits. And my sixteen year old pointed out that there is a sight that picks up my feed (http://sundayschoolprimer.com/tag/kevin-frick/). And everything I write is part of how I process things. How I work with things. How I try to grasp things in my life. Connecting the dots? Well, just look at how much my writing cuts across different areas. Even the tattoo I got connects different themes. When I write about it I connect the themes. I connect my running and bible verses. I connect cooking. I connect my kids. I connect my life. Connecting the dots in the right order takes a seemingly random array of spots and turns it into something that is a coherent whole. So, I am trying to combine the dots in my life in the right order to find a coherent whole to nourish my soul.
I'll ponder a bit more before changing. If it works. I'll probably make the change over the July 4 holiday. It is a pretty cool concept but I want to ponder it a bit more first.
Then, after my first marathon I closed the book on that first topic and then called the blog what it is now and has been for a year and a half--Physical and Spiritual Well-Being. The blog is about all types of well being and I talk about my running as well as other things that I ponder.
I'm now thinking of calling it "Connecting the Dots and Nourishing the Soul". Why? Well, everything that I write nourishes my soul. Maybe it helps others to nourish their souls. It gets a reasonable number of hits. And my sixteen year old pointed out that there is a sight that picks up my feed (http://sundayschoolprimer.com/tag/kevin-frick/). And everything I write is part of how I process things. How I work with things. How I try to grasp things in my life. Connecting the dots? Well, just look at how much my writing cuts across different areas. Even the tattoo I got connects different themes. When I write about it I connect the themes. I connect my running and bible verses. I connect cooking. I connect my kids. I connect my life. Connecting the dots in the right order takes a seemingly random array of spots and turns it into something that is a coherent whole. So, I am trying to combine the dots in my life in the right order to find a coherent whole to nourish my soul.
I'll ponder a bit more before changing. If it works. I'll probably make the change over the July 4 holiday. It is a pretty cool concept but I want to ponder it a bit more first.
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