What is a
Personal Page?
It's
kind of like a journal of sorts. Your home page is a place for you to find out what you
like, what you think, and how you want to present this information to
others. It seems the whole world is talking through their home pages.
There are alot of interesting
people out there. They talk about what they believe in, you know, what moves them. The
Internet is one place that you can reach out to others without feeling threatened.
Because, you know that if someone doesn't care for what your saying, they can just click
on to somewhere else. And those that are interested in the same things that you are will
probably e-mail you and tell you of more people that are interested in the same things.
Ergo ... you start making netfriends! If there is something, anything, that you think just
one other person might agree on or be interested in, start a home page. Nowadays you can
use most word processing programs to build your own home page. And there's alot of people
around that would be glad to show you how, if you just ask.
People, we work hard in our lives, don't we deserve
the right to voice our opinions, to be heard! We can actively make a difference via the
Internet. Never in history could so many people communicate with so many others in a forum
of this size. It's a great time to be alive! We can sit in the safety of our own homes and
participate with the world as we choose to experience it. We get to make our own choices
about what information is put in front of us. Not the Media, not the people at work, and
not even the people you do or don't socialize with. You are the one to decide! You are
more in control of what you feed your mind! Good, bad or otherwise.
I have been to pages that discuss:
sports
personalities & teams
movie, TV &
music personalities.
Topics range all the way from religion to politics,
favorite sports
teams
music and movie
clips
free clipart,
midi files & fonts to put on your home page
showing you how
to use software programs
the best place
to buy appliances
the best place
to buy cars
the best place
to buy houses
the best place
to buy computers
best recipes
best places to
eat
to shop, to
visit, to live
even pictures of
their families and pets.
Hobbies are big too.
where to order
your hobby paraphernalia
what someone
else is doing with it and how.
There are hundreds of thousands of pages out there that discuss:
faith
joy
spiritual
journeys
God
Jesus
heath remedies
meditation
exercise
diet
low-fat cooking
self improvement
yoga
12 step groups
resources
chat groups
and help in
general.
People talk about their view of the country
politicians
laws
bills
policy (national
and foreign)
injustices
and current
events.
Creating your home page will
make you think. Think about what you consider to be fun, important to you, interesting,
informative, thought provoking, and responsible. It's a place to honor somebody or
something. You begin to think about people as a whole, what we have in common and what we
don't. Go look at the personal pages out there, you can find listings on every search
engine. Type in what your interested in and see what others are saying too. The World
truly is your oyster. Find the pearls!
Of course there are the bad
seeds out there too just like anywhere else. Everybody has the right to discuss anything
they want to and there are those that use the Internet to discuss things that some may
find offensive. But we have control of the keyboard and mouse! We don't have to
acknowledge it or go looking for it. It's kind of like switching TV channels, millions of
channels. You can also set your browser to block these types of channels to protect your
children and loved ones. It's called responsible behavior. Be responsible for what you
view and for what you put on your homepage. Remember that anybody any age can view it. Use
it as a place to introduce yourself and your family to the world.
The bottom line here is this:
This wonderful new medium (the Internet) is here so that we can be interactive with each
other. Take advantage of it, stand up and be counted. Use it as a place to spread good
news of anykind. We are all in this together, we can shape our world. We can help others.
We can help ourselves! We can champion our own personal causes and meet thousands of
others that feel the very same way we do. It is a place to unite and make real
contributions to the human race. Or just a place to have a good time and forget about the
rat race for a while. Take a trip to anywhere and never leave your chair. Don't be shy!
Get involved, just because you can.
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