“The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others” Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

I was inspired to blog by both my son and daughter

 

My son is experiencing an emotionally painful event in his life and documents his feelings, values and ideas in the form of a blog. I took pride in his insight, values and morals realising the difficult path he had chosen. His writing filled me with pride

 

My daughter is final year journalism student; as a project she writes a weekly blog which I find creative, informative, insightful and intellectual, again a source of pride.

 

In discussion with my daughter the following comment was passed “come on dad get into the 21st century and start blogging” This comment was a stunning blow, am I old and not “with it” any longer, am I not modern, have the passing years caused me to be complacent with my staid habits. No I could not allow that to happen to me

 

I decided to blog about my struggle with Bipolar Disorder. After my first post I realised it would merely be a type of mini autobiography and the content seemed to me to be narcissistic, egotistical and arrogant

 

I have decide to change tack and blog about controversial issues and pontificate about my philosophy and values and the manner in which so called social norms conflict with my views

 

This subject matter of my next blog may be about human dignity; who knows i am Bipolar