I made an album of photos from spearfishing here in Bimini on Facebook last night and it ignited a flurry of replies!

Does killing fish for my dinner make me a murderer?

Does fishing with reverence make it ok?

Is it hypercritical to kill fish and save dolphins?

It was an interesting debate and conversation, and I initially invited people to join in. I thought it would raise awareness.

But instead of building tolerance for differing points of view, it got pretty self righteous. Some offensive comments were posted which have since been deleted.

Its great to be passionate, and we’re free to judge and condemn another’s actions. But as we become a global Humanity, we’re taking tolerance to a whole new level.

Might as well get used to it! ;)

Love,

Joe

I just made a Facebook  Fan page… my own! I guess that means I am my own fan…

(still not sure about that one…)

I resisted doing it for awhile, felt weird inviting my friends to ‘be my fan’. I’ve received some fan invites from friends on Facebook and it felt a bit narcissistic (did I spell it right? Does that mean I’m not?), and finally surrendered to the advice and encouragement of several friends.

And I learned something interesting… as I watched the first ten friends join, felt something moving inside.. then there were twenty! Wow! Something definitely moving within me!

So I ‘went in’ and looked… and saw that my resistance was because I had believed that a fan was somehow ‘less than’ their object of appreciation.

Well, having a few fans got me over that! ;)

I realized that those who are signing up are… my friends! And I am in some way a fan of theirs… and now being a fan is cool, its way cool. I like it!

Through a simple re-definition, something that I was in judgment of (and not really even aware that I was judging it) is now a beautiful new way to describe how I feel about those I appreciate!

You, my fellow readers, I appreciate! I guess that means I AM YOUR FAN!

:)

Blowing the conch shell to the Ocean (I am her Fan!) Clicking on this photo takes you to my Facebook Fan Page