Being painfully shy has had its ups and downs throughout the course of my twenty-eight years on this mortal coil. It has prevented me from doing a lot of things I probably would have regretted. It has also made me regret not doing a lot of things that would probably grow me as a human being.

Because I end up feeling embarrassed about myself either way, I figure I ought to err on the side of action—to take more courageous leaps in “putting myself out there,” however embarrassing that might be. (If anyone’s reading, putting my thoughts into a public forum is a surefire formula for humiliation.)

I need to develop the guts to do the little things if I’m going to do anything worthwhile and bear the true image of the Creator. If I cultivate my soul, artistic endeavors should follow. If I make a habit of sitting down to write, I am overcoming a small part of that Resistance that hinders me in my craft.

This is my purpose in keeping this blog, however mundane the entries may be. It is to develop the habit of doing, to improve my being, for the sake of doing more, doing better, and eventually being better.