A while back I wrote about what I felt were the reasons people blog. I still stick to those points but have found another strong reason for people maintaining blogs, diaries. Everyone needs someone with whom he/she can share all his successes, failures, feelings, emotions or anything one wishes to share. It can be a friend, a relative or anyone else.
The sharing is done because the person divulging (say, person D) knows that the other person (say, person P) is someone who would keep things confidential; who would not use things to his/her advantage; who would be willing to give you time when you want this individual to give you time. I feel that all these points are important. It should be the case that P should give time whenever D requires it.
Just speaking your mind sometimes does so many wonders that you are just amazed by its power. Keeping things within for a long time leads to unnecessary negative effects which can be easily avoided.
D should be able to speak anything and everything, anytime. In such cases, D can cry; can laugh; can talk; can crib; can curse; can praise; in short, can do whatever it feels like doing. P is patient; is supportive; is caring; understands; consoles; shares among other things. One more important thing which P does is to scratch through the surface and see what it can get which would make D share.
So, if P feels that something is troubling D, it would try to convince D to share what it is; but stops if D insists on not sharing.
A blog, though is far from being a P for every D, but it can be the best alternative available for the time being. Obviously, there are constraints to what you can write; still it’s a great medium of communication (though it’s pretty much one-way). With a person, you might take time to develop confidence, but once the trust is there, you can go as far as having blind faith.
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