The Pages of The Hill
Never before have I belonged to any groups on the Internet. Just didn’t seem to be me nor did I have the time. Then one day I got the announcement about this new site called The Hill but didn’t pay much attention to it till weeks later. Finally I took a good look at it for it was from Cloudeight and I knew how great Cloudeight is.
So I joined only to learn mainly about PSP since I saw a few people there were really into it like I am and I needed to learn so much more. However this is not how it turned out much to my surprise J I just got interested in other things that The Hill offers and got sidetracked and only so many hours in a day.
The lesson learned here is…manage my time better and try to stay focused. Then of course I bought a new computer with that fun NOT Vista Windows and now I am really bogged down.
Right off I was completely overwhelmed at having to put together a Profile Web like Page. Help! I knew nothing about any of that and I thought are they kidding me? When I joined there was only a touch less than 1000 members so things weren’t exactly like they are now, meaning we all were kind of learning about something new.
Everyone’s Page was so amazing with what they had done to them. I really started to feel like a complete dummy and realized just how much I didn’t know L Started to feel like I was over my head and what did I get into? I thought only young people knew how to do this. Whoa was I wrong!
It very quickly became apparent that there were A LOT of great people here willing to help me J Plus this was ART work my favorite thing to get involved with so now I was motivated and hooked.
The biggest delight here is sitting back and reading the Pages. It was like reading a book about some ones life in matter of minutes. Where in real life do you meet some one new and learn all that is on our pages in few minutes or more?
We get music, pictures of the family, favorite things, their dislikes, stories about their lives and who they are and what is very important to them. We get entertained with videos, treated to gorgeous, clever or funny graphics. We get to take journeys with them through their picture gallery’s and the blogs they write and the groups they belong to on The Hill. Just one good glance at anyone’s Page and you see what they are like right from the beginning. It is almost like walking into someone’s home. For our homes always express who we are.
I am still astounded at the talent here and the journeys we have had and how open most people are about their lives. From each Page I read I learn something about my self too. Each Page represents some ones life, their thoughts and feelings.
As different as we all may be as individuals we do share the basics of life. There is hardly a Page here that doesn’t have something on it that I can respond too. OK maybe there were a few I couldn’t quite get??
People are like books, meaning their whole lives are chapters happening one after another. Each day something new is ‘written’ and we go from one stage to another in our lives. This is why clicking on the Pages of The Hill is so fascinating, we get to meet so many tremendous people and learn so much about so many things!
Can we ever thank TC and EB enough!!!!!
Three Choices
Never in all my voting years have I had three choices in how I was going to vote this coming Election in November AND I am not happy about it. Meaning I have NO idea how I am going to vote?? Always before I knew exactly who I was going to vote for and why.
I started out in my voting life true to one party and then in time switched parties. Some years ago I saw that neither side was perfect and that a few Presidents turned out to be poor choices. So now I vote strictly for the person or the issues and what I believe is in the best interest of our country.
The problem for us this time is that the one person we felt was perfect for the Presidency is not in the final two. The two candidates left I have serious problems with. I know what I expect in a President and what I want. I would love to have a private conversation with each of them and see what they say to my concerns…..course that is not going to happen.
So this leaves me with 3 choices..Obama, Cain or not to vote at all. I would love to feel that one of them actually earned my vote. I am hoping that who they pick as running mates may help my decision. I really don’t want to be left with NOT voting in this VERY important Election.
Just HOPING I find a very good reason to vote for one of them. For I don’t want to make the wrong choice. Our country needs a strong and very capable new President and one that will do the Presidency Honor and give our country Respect.
My thoughts anyway, Holly 7-22-08
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I love to sit by the seashore and share memories and reflections with family and friends. Now I have The Hill to add to that :-) Nothing so enjoyable as to smell the sea air, hear the waves caress the beach and dig your toes into the warm sand while sharing all this with a special person or loved doggie.
I have used Cloudeight for about 9 years and loved it all. Then came along The Hill and I joined up. Not sure what I expected but I sure was over whelmed at all the talent I saw...and I thought I knew things LOL Well it started a blaze in my mind for now I wanted to learn all these neat things!!!!
However I am a bit of a slow learner and already had alot on my plate so learning all these new things is taking time BUT I love it. The odd thing is I again am gaining new insight into my own life and how I can better manage my time and realizing my personal goals.
Reading page after page of these tremendous Profiles was a real eye opener in a positive way for me. It made me reflect back to when I was a very young girl and determined to be my own person. I just never went with the idea that we all had to be the same.
We all have special talents, gifts and things that are important to us. It is those things that make us who we are individually. I never wanted to be exactly like anyone else but I did want to KNOW things for I found out that Knowledge is indeed Power. I wanted that kind of power just to make my life better, the more you know the more you can do in life's journey.
So after reading the Profiles here I have reflected back on my life and what a help this all has been. This came at a time I needed some help in dealing with some changes in my life. I thank TC and EB so much for putting out this Web Site for all us.
With Thanks, Holly
