I thought that maybe I would try expressing myself through writing, but what I learned is that writing is not the way that I'm most "myself." I don't really like writing. It feels like a chore, an assignment, a challenge that I don't even want.

Reading, on the other hand, is pure joy. You can't keep me away from devouring new information. I'm a reader, not a writer and I'm gonna let myself be okay with this.

I allow my happiness through reading! I love finding new points of view. I love learning about myself through exploring my reactions to what I am reading. I love hearing something I've felt be put to words by someone else and then recognizing my own thoughts in a whole new way. More than anything, I love telling others about things that I have read that I think they might enjoy or benefit from. Other than giving a brief summary or highlighting the points that I think pertain to the person with whom I'm sharing, though, I like to let others do the reading themselves. I have no interest in writing a review or in trying to explain the whole thing for someone else. I love the discussions we can have after we've both read a piece when we can then each bring our own ideas together.

I was trying to love the idea of writing, but it just seems to take me away from who I really am...a reader and a disseminator of the wonderful information that I love. For this, I've found more of a niche using Twitter. To me, that's fun! Sorting through the wonderful stuff that is out there, meeting great people (some like-minded, some not so much ~all interesting), learning, growing, playing and sharing. That's what I thought I would be doing through blogging, but it turns out that, for now at least, Twitter is more my thing.

So, I'll be leaving the blogging to those of you who do it so well. Your passion for sharing brings me much joy. A million thanks to all of you! Keep up the great work. I, however, will be allowing my happiness by returning my focus to what I love and releasing this blog that has been feeling like an obligation and a failing. In closing, I've gotta say...the relief is enormous!!

(addendum:  I will occasionally still be writing short, Abraham-Hicks related posts on the HappinessFresno page)