if you know me at all you know that my life consists of but a few major focuses. i kind of hate to boil my own exsistence down to so few subject matters, but when i list them in my mind i can not help but agree with my own introspection, and i honestly doubt that those who know me best are likely to disagree. i tend to think that i am a bit of an open book, or that i wear it all on my sleeve, which are both nicer ways of saying that i might talk too much and that i may not have much of a filter. furthermore, in addition to having but only a few matters of emphasis, i am also not one to compartmentalize. consequently, those defining aspects of my life tend to bleed together without boundry - whether for good or for bad.
now i do realize that at some point that you as the reader can not possibly stand for any more of my meandering introduction, and I also understand that i can not expound any further without eventually offering up those self ascribed "defining focuses" for your review. and so without further ado i will identify said list as follows: christianity, community, real estate/entreprenuership.
now please do not be so quick to judge, "where is your wife on that list!?" in my defense i would say there is no one that i commune with more than my wife... you may also notice that God percievably did not make the list either... but just as God is the center of my christianity, so is Deirdre the center of my community. so i do hope that clears up any initial rebuke, but feel free to comment with any additional criticisms. :)
now please also allow me to apologize if my long-winded introduction left you disappointed with "the list." naturally, my intent was not and is not to be anti-climactic. rather i hope to lead up to my real intention and that is to provide an outlet for my thoughts and reflections on those comingling themes of my life as i recognize them. as aforementioned i do not consider myself very good at compartmentalizing; either that or i am pretty good at not compartmentalizing. i suppose it is all a matter of perspective... :) although i am quite sure that when it comes to boundries at times Deirdre would certainly claim the former. i do admit that i often bring my work home with me. i frequently share personal information with the bank teller and the guy making my burrito at Baja. i do drag my wife to rental properties no matter how disturbing the condition to help me work... or at least keep me company. i am a part of a church that intentionally exsists to serve its immediate neighbors. i conduct business with friends. i wear ties with flip-flops. sometimes i answer my cell phone at inappropriate times. my attic is full of stuff that does not belong to me. and my wife really is my best friend.
and so you see it would be nearly impossible for me to have a blog devoted to any one of these few subject matters... and so i expect i am left to narrate how they cooperate... or at the very least coexsist... okay... so sometimes they conflict. but all that to say this is a blog about that... those... them.
