Four hours of my most recent Friday afternoon was spent at Church History Symposium. Yes it was long, but well spent. The theme was record-keeping, or something along those lines, and I felt prompted by the influential people that have gone before me and have had the foresight and conviction to keep a record of themselves and their people. 

All of the great things that a society may boast of are recorded {besides those with oral tradition, but that's another matter entirely.} The foundation of this nation is grounded in the recorded thoughts of others, and what wisdom we have gleaned from not only their acquired knowledge, but more importantly, from the fact that they wrote it down. For instance, the Bible. All it is is men that recorded significant events that occurred over the course of their lives. Such significant events have shaped the course of how our modern society operates. And perhaps these events didn't really seem terrible significant at the time. Like Anne Frank, the course of our lives may not seem like it could pose any significance to anyone except for ourselves and yet what great enlightenment we have received on account of that girl.

I remember when I was younger, I used to pretend to drop hints in my journal writing, in anticipation of it being found and published as phenomenal insight, but alas, it may just provide some entertainment to an encroaching generation. Nonetheless, we must write. Our lives are indeed interesting, as are our thoughts and ideas, and each of us is under obligation to make some kind of record of it. We will never know who will benefit from our very simple records. My life is really not profound, but I hope that I can work to preserve the beautiful life I have been blessed with so that I can share it with others!