Theme for the blog...Suggested; but good idea?

In the recent days of shameless self promotion for my blog and in the follow up conversations, I have been asked - What is the theme of your blog? I then googled on - "how to write successful blogs" and almost all the websites suggested to stick to a theme. It was then it struck me - My blog does not have a theme and I am to blame.

Imagine this - you wake up one day and decide that you will restricting your activities to a theme - Conversations, meetings, food, prayers and thoughts. Would it be possible? Yeah, I agree, tough act to perform.

Afterward, as I was channel surfing and I thought about it some more. I asked myself several questions - What would the theme for my blog be? How would I channel my thoughts in just one direction? How can I ignore the questions I ask myself about everything that happens in our world? When I came out of the conversation to my inner self, I listened to some of the "news" channels and thought - "May be I should write something about how the public air waves have been hijacked by corporations and their affiliates by contributing ad money and influencing the news." There - more proof that I cannot stick to one subject.

I think one's blog is like a garden ( apologies to the plantophobics reading this) - where you tend to and grow stuff that you like - a bonus if some of the folks walking by like it and appreciate it. Some disappointment may occur when some of them do not like it, but then you wouldn't want to force a conversation with them anyway (You don't want to get caught in a conversion defending your choice to grow white roses instead of the red ones!). The plants that you grow can only get true attention when you love to watch them grow and flourish; otherwise it is just a waiting game for approval.

To the readers, I will promise you this - I will keep the posts relatively short and straight; and about how small things make us think about stuff that is larger than us mortals. And I request that you keep your part of the deal by logging comments and being constructively critical.

Lastly, Here are some of the interesting comments I received for my posts. I have only posted the ones without praise - since they require more attention and are also funny :-)

"Sorry man - If it does not fit in one screen, I don't read it"
"I guess it is a long winded way of saying - go green"
"Feeling bored and feeling good at the same time" ( A spoof of my earlier post tile)
"Keep writing - that is the only way you will get better" (Meaning I have a lot of writing to do)
"What the heck is this dentist thing? - Why don't you write about how you picked up girls at the dance club?"

Let me answer the last question through the words of one of my favorite stand up comedian Lavelle Crawford - "I appreciate the fact that you think I can knock down a couple of girls at the dance club, but don't you think I would want to keep that experience private?"

Happy reading!