Hello World!

A little programmer humor there.  In case you aren't aware a lot of the first lessons in computer programming are focused on teaching a person that has never done any coding at all, to get their very first program to print the words Hello World on the screen. It is generally pretty simple to do in most coding languages and gives the newbie a sense of accomplishment. I figured that was appropriate here because I have never done any real blogging in the past and thought it would be a good place to start.  This is my first post but will definitely not be my last. For quite some time now I have considered keeping an online journal but have never been committed enough to the idea to see it through.  I have often been told by those close to me that I have a lot of truly valuable insights about life when I can be coerced into taking the time to talk about them. I spend a lot of time thinking and not all that much time sharing what it is that I think. This should be a good first step in maybe changing that.  I truly believe that we are each fully responsible for our surroundings. When I look around me at the world, I do not like what I see and I believe that I can change it. Maybe I can't do it directly and maybe not quickly but bit by bit it can happen. I can change things, by exerting the influence of my ideas and beliefs until they are not just inside me but a part of my immediate circle of people that I associate with.  And then we can take those things to our local community and then our local community can take it to the world.