June 24th, 2008 in Technology

4 Reasons Why Blogging is a Noble Passion

I initially began the blog with a 20% desire to help others, and 80% to cynically make the kind of money the A-list bloggers are making.
- Urban Monk.net

I stumbled upon an interesting blog, Urban Monk, several days ago. As I read the brief history of the blog, I felt harmony with the passion and motivation that the author, Albert, has for the blogging.

I began blogging four months ago with the intention to share my success in life with others and, of course, to earn residual income from the content creation. As I reflect on this short journey, I realize that blogging is more of a noble passion than merely a tool to earn income. I’ve been in business for a while but I’ve never had a passion that kindled my heart as intensely until I began blogging. Being an engineer by education and hotelier as an entrepreneur, I have a passion for people and for enhancing human values that make life a memorable voyage.

Here, then, are four reasons I’ve come to see blogging as a noble pursuit.

Reason # 1: Competitors are friends.

As a businessman, I’ve been taught to view competition as a “holy war” of business. I’ve attended training to sharpen my skills as a warrior to snatch every possible customer from the jaws of the competition. Needless to say, I’m conditioned to view competition with cynicism.

In the world of blogging, though, I see fellow bloggers doing all they can to inspire and motivate other journeyman blogs. It was a shocking revelation at first. How can my competitor ever want to invest in my success? I can think of several names at the blink of eye — Joel Falconer, Barbara Swafford, Peter Clemens, Tina Su, Jay White, and countless others — who selflessly do all they can to ensure success of up-and-coming bloggers like me.

Reason # 2: Blogging transcends race, gender and religious barriers.

With the advent of the Internet, the world certainly has shrunk. I refer to the obvious power of the Internet to connect the citizens of the world to exchange products, services, and ideas. A blogger writes from his or her personal, life-enriching experiences to share knowledge that an Ivy League school can’t offer. Life is more than the knowledge that we acquire in the four walls of a college campus. With a blog, I can share my knowledge and experience with people around the world without barriers. I get visitors and comments from people of all backgrounds. I firmly believe that blogging makes our world a better place to live, one life a time.

Reason # 3 Blogging creates emotional bond among bloggers.

As our world has become ever-changing, our lives have become more stress-ridden with the burden of goals to achieve and income to earn to get food on the table. In this reletntless quest, we lose track of our intentions to care for others. My friend Joel sent me this message last night, to my surprise, “Hi mate, just wanted to check in with you and see if you’re all right. Haven’t seen you around the web at all for a few days.” This means the world to me. It’s food for my soul to rekindle my passion to write with clarity, so I can connect with all of those who echo Joel’s sentiment. I’m both humbled and honored to have such an emotional bond from fellow bloggers.

Reason # 4 Blogging is an honest exchange of life-enriching ideas.

Much of what we see in the media is a filtered version of what those media moguls want us to hear. It’s a self-professed medium of mass brainwashing. Needless to say, media always has its own interests ahead of the goodwill of the world. Media propagates stories of negativity and pessimism to hold the masses of the world hostage. Well, a Robin Hood has arrived in the form of the noble crusaders, my fellow bloggers, who now counterbalance every drive-by story with honest assessment of facts. This itself is a noble aspect of blogging, one which money cannot buy.

Blogging proves that old ancient adage; “We aren’t human beings with spiritual experience but rather spiritual beings with human experience.” When I write from my heart, with unyielding passion and love for other human beings, I instantly connect with millions of people across the world who can share and feel same passion and love for the noble ideas that make our world a remarkable place to live.

Shilpan

I, Shilpan Patel, am an ambitious, purpose driven human being who believes in power of mind. I believe that success is a result of positive thinking followed by consistent action. For more, please visit my blog Success Soul.

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Barbara Swafford says on June 24th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Hi Shilpan,
I am humbled and honored by the mention.
With regard to blogging, your four points are right on target. As you know, blogging is a fantastic way to interact with other like minded people and to build online relationships. By helping each we not only build a community, but we improve blogosphere as well.
B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom says on June 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It’s amazing how well we work with our competition. I would never see this in my day job where my competition is just that…competition. Part of this is that I’m a high level salesman and there can only be one winner. Part is that bloggers tend to interact so much with each other’s businesses.
Shanel Yang says on June 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
The blogosphere is truly the last bastion of the free exchange of heartfelt ideas and the obvious desire to help as much as profit. It’s a brave new world! : )
Tim Brownson says on June 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
That’s a great point being debated here. I’d never even really given it much thought before, but now I think about it ,it’s spot on. Most bloggers are good people that want to share their knowledge and help newbies in a way that maybe doesn’t happen in many other areas of life.
Cool post Shilpan!
Vered says on June 24th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hey Shilpan! So nice to see you here!
:-)
Reason #2 is the one I enjoy most. My real-life friends are very similar to me. My blogging friends are all so DIFFERENT. It makes life so much more interesting.
Shilpan says on June 24th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
@Barbara -
You are worth mentioning as you’ve helped me and so many others in this galaxy of blogs.
@B Smith -
I’m also a businessman and I cannot think of another business providing life enriching experience that blogging does.
@ Shanel Yang -
Well said. I like it.
@Tim -
Thanks for the kind words. You are another great fellow who inspire every newbie like me with selflessness that’s hard to find anywhere else in other professions.
@Vered -
What can I do without my dear friend Vered. She has shown a true sense of friendship on blogshere.
I appreciate all the support and comments.
Shilpan
Jennifer says on June 24th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Shilpan, you have brought up some very good reasons to blog here. It gives me great joy knowing that what I write is helping others. It keeps me going. Sounds like it keeps you going also.
I had much rather blog and read blogs than watch depressing negative news on TV. (I don’t watch the news anymore except for the weather occasionally.)
Raj says on June 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Well said, Shilpan. I share the same sentiments. I started blogging actively early this year after moving to the US (I have more time now for my passions), and the experience has been worthwhile. When fellow bloggers express their opinion on my posts through their comments, the satisfaction on being able to relate and reach out to people is a great feeling…. and by taking criticism constructively, we learn.
Mrs. Micah says on June 24th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I’ve found the blogging community immensely supportive, not only about my goals but in helping me learn the ins and outs of successful blogging.
Bamboo Forest says on June 24th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
All good points. I would also add, that blogging allows your every day Joe to have a wonderful opportunity to write for the world to see. No need for a book deal, or submission to a magazine with the hopes of getting published. Just write something meaningful to you, the author, and voila – you have an audience.
Ramesh | The Geek Stuff says on June 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Shilpan,
Good to see your post at lifehack.org. I love your SuccessSoul.com blog.
I have been blogging only for the last two months and I can relate to all the 4 reasons you’ve mentioned here.
greven says on June 24th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Couldn’t agree more friend. I started blogging recently even tho I participate in forums and stuff from several years now. I started blogging to keep track of my tastes, to share it with others and to improve my english too. :)
I Find it gratifying.
Daniel says on June 24th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
You’re absolutely right. I enjoy writing, whether to vent, share, or discuss news topics. Money isn’t a concern, I just do it to participate and have my own corner of the internet.
Peter | The Change Blog says on June 24th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Shilpan,
Great article! I think many of us start blogging with dollar signs in our eyes – in fact I once heard someone use the term “Steve’s army” to refer to the people who started blogging after reading Steve Pavlina’s article “10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job”. However, as any blogger knows it ain’t so easy to make decent coin from blogging…
Peter
ps thank you so much for the mention :)
Mike Foster says on June 25th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Very inspirational and well written post. I makes me feel warm all over to be included among such nobility.
peace,
Mike
livelife365.com
Mary@GoodlifeZen says on June 25th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Lovely article, Shilpan!
I especially like the fact that blogging transcends gender, age, race and so on. I was reminded of that a few days ago, when a new blogger friend (who I thought was a man) turned out to be lovely woman!
Fredrik says on June 26th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I love blogging too. Its something that can occupy a lot of your time.
asithi says on June 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Blogging gas giving me an outlet to reach for other people with the same interest as mine. It is great. I do not have that kind of connection with my friends. My friends are my friends for other reasons, but my blog friends are the ones I discuss my passion with.
love says on October 16th, 2009 at 4:37 am
bless this post with love,peace,respect and success.
just let love be