A Journey That Both Ends and Continues

Not so long ago, someone pointed out that the name and the URL of my blog go hand in hand together. To be honest, I never intended them to be that way. They were created out of a whim, with no underlying implications whatsoever. But I do remember the time Bonbon snarkily retorted that the URL rather erred on the pretentious side.

Well, it is my blog, Bonbon. And I'm very much entitled to name it as I want and write stuff as I want, am I not?

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Four years and three hundred and forty-seven posts later, plus almost a month of not posting, I sit down in front of my desktop, and ask myself, "Well, Ternie, have you found anything in your search for the truth in life?"

To be blunt about it - no.

I haven't found anything remotely resembling the truth so far.

What I did find was that blogging provided an avenue for me to write out my stories. I shared my experiences, and I shared my hobbies. I shared my closet nerdiness. I may have even a tad overshared once in a while. Admittedly, some narratives may have been tweaked for narrative’s sake - although I'd really rather call them filtered. All of these stories are part of myself. Not everything; but yes, these are integral parts of who I was, who I am, and perhaps even who I will be.

In the process of sharing my stories, I have made acquaintances with the readers of my blog. Most of these readers are fellow bloggers themselves. Some of them made the leap from cyber into the real world. A few of them ended up as good friends of mine. And a handful of them of them even ventured into the pseudo romantic territory.

Regardless of whether it is the cyber or the real-world kind, these relationships, platonic or otherwise, carry a stamp of validity. I'd like to think I invested time and effort in them, thus forging their legitimacy in my own book.

Come to think of it, perhaps these are the very truths in life that I am in search of.

Then again, perhaps not.

Regardless of which, I shall continue my trek - if not in the blogosphere, then in real life.

As it should always be.

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Thank you, readers and fellow bloggers.

This part of the journey was well spent, indeed.