A first...

I've been wanting to do this for quite some time now. I've noticed that I began reading more and more blogs and the extent of may participation has been adding them to my facebook profile. I wish to enjoy in what the blogging community seems to enjoy; community and discussion. As of yet I can't get that from facebook.

Also I read a lot and enjoy politics, and the two do not mix well in discussion at my current location and occupation. I hope to improve my awareness and understanding through this site and hope that my understanding leads to others making similar decisions.

The title of my blog comes from a Rumi quote, “You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?” On the last part of twelve month "trip" to Afghanistan this quote applies to many elements of my life at the moment, but directly the hope that people, civilization, can continue to strive for what's best for us and not continue the mistakes I feel I see everywhere. The other quote I was looking at, depressingly (most likely again because of my current situation), was from Orwell's 1984, "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength." It may be my current mindset, but occassionally I don't know if people struggle to find truth or accept the first thing they hear...

I will probably have to come back and edit this with some past posts I had scribbled down, but never published.