Every once in awhile, I come across a blog that I just have to say something about. Indeed, it's the reason I've added the "Visit these new blogs" icon above.  A couple of the blogs I've read have really concerned me: World Inside My Head is one, and Nicole's Blog is another. The third blog, Kelly's Corner, isn't new, but it's still deeply concerning.

In the first blog, the emotional pain is palpable. What that young woman has been through is just mind-blowing, and she needs all the love, caring, understanding, and support she can get.  No one visits her journal, and I think that's just awful.  Where are all the people who have been where she is? This community has more than seven million members - where are they?

In the second blog, the blog author isn't even sixteen years old, yet, and already, her perspective of people, life, and herself is seriously damaged. To some degree, what she's going through is normal - all teenage girls go through that kind of angst. But there's a more deeply-hidden pain just beneath the surface of her blogs; a pain that's crying out for recognition.  She's made several posts, and no one in the community has replied to any of them. She's got the usual "link me" stuff on her Tagboard, but no one has responded to her.

In the third blog, the blogger isn't new, but she is going through a very rough time - and she has been for a very long time - and it seems like the only person who ever visits her is me. 

This is a huge community.  Sure, it's the internet, and sure, it's blogging, but I think the word "community" should mean a lot more than it does, regardless of whether it's real-world or virtual. People don't seem to understand that there are people in this world whose only connection to the rest of the world is through the internet.  For many people, being able to connect can, quite literally, mean the difference between life and death.

I don't put up the links to new blogs for my health, and I don't choose just any blog to link you to.  I read a lot of blogs; those I post are blogs which I feel need and/or deserve your attention, either because they're thought-provoking and insightful, or they're funny and inspiring, or the blog authors are suffering and in need of love and caring from other human beings.

So, please visit the blogs I've linked to above.  Please.  Don't just be a blogger on a blogging site.  Be a human being in a community of human beings, and reach out when you're given the opportunity.

Have a great day, and thanks so much for dropping by.