Intros

April 16, 2009 in Uncategorized

If you are reading this now you may very well have found this site by way of another of my blogs, or possibly by way of my website. I am really not going to do much posting here as a general rule, but my tweets will show up here so there will always be signs of where I have been and what I’ve been doing.

I recently took a weekend and went to Boston. Although it was my second trip, I found that this trip I really took in the city on a spiritual level. I love the sights, the sounds, the people, and I didn’t even mind the rain because it just added to the flavor of the experience. I haven’t had much time to process the trip since I have been home, however, because once I return to everyday busyness, it seems to fade to the background a bit. However, I felt I was doing the trip great injustice by not giving it the attention it was due. And, on a certain level, doing myself an injustice because it was such a personal growth experience. It was the first time in my adult life really that I felt I was more than my actions, my age, my status, my sex or any of the things I have been labeled in my life. I was simply this being in this place filled with rich history and vibrant people in a constant state of flux yet held steady by the foundation of the past. There was a sense that you could go days without being acknowledged by anyone and it wouldn’t matter because you were surrounded by the spirit of so many who had come before you, who were alive around you, and even of those who weren’t there yet.

I couldn’t help but make the correlation to my site and even, as an extension of it, this blog. It has been in the conception process for some time and I have told few people of it’s existence. Much more than just a pet project for me, it has seemed at times that it would disappear in the immensity of all the rest of life and no one would give it any real recognition. But, now I am beginning to see that, just as I did not feel alone in the vastness of a city filled with people, nor would my site become insignificant because it was surrounded by other things. In fact, it seems that quite the opposite is the case and instead it is taking on a new significance for me and even, possibly, being positioned to be a much greater assett for others than I had originally realized. There’s no question that it will be some time before it becomes all it is intended to be. However, the time and development process has new meaning when viewed from the perspective of the who, what, why and how that will eventually make up it’s core. To me, the process it will go through is becoming the richness and flavor of it and what will, in the end, keep users coming back and bringing new ones along with them. Just as Boston is amazing because of it’s richness, I believe the users on my site will be IT’S richness and I am anticipating the excitement I have now will only grow to be a deep appreciation for what kind of place the site will become. So, if you are new to this site please stay a bit and see if there’s not something you have to add because this community is about each person making a contribution. Of course, I am making a good faith offer, opening the site up for many voices to be heard, but I do say with the belief that good is stronger than evil and the haters will find themselves quickly displaced and the site will flourish into a place where visitors will come and stay. And so, I welcome you all and look forward to all that The Integration Place will become. I hope you will enjoy being here as well and that I will be hearing from you soon!