Why do we commit ourselves to doing things? Why do we tell someone I’ll do this or that knowing full well we don’t actually intend to do it; we just tell them we’re gonna do it because well it’s something that they expect us to do or something we know we should do. This is what I did to myself about three months ago. A friend told me a couple of months ago that they liked the things I wrote and the thoughts I had on certain topics, and what did I do? I listened to them. I took what they said to heart and thought maybe I am good at writing and somehow this person influenced me enough to say that I would start a blog writing about my ideas and thoughts. Now I sit here writing an introduction to a blog I said I would start a couple of months ago. I don’t even know how it will actually go but here it goes.

My name is Aidan Coetzee from South Africa, if you’re reading this post and we don’t know each other, I really appreciate your time. I always find it interesting how someone you have never met or might never meet can read something you write so thank you. I was born and raised in South Africa and I am currently living in South Africa. I am part of a missions organisation called YWAM which is a Christian missions organisation that has bases in almost every country in the world. I have been doing a Bible course with YWAM for the past four months and in this course we have to study each book of the Bible in-depth, asking questions and searching for the answers to our questions. During the period of this course, I had to do assignments and it was one of my graders that encouraged me in writing and when I spoke about possibly sharing my writing they encouraged me to go forward with it. In these posts, I am hoping to write about thoughts that I have on various topics most likely pertaining to what I am studying at the time of writing the post.

A disclaimer that I should give before anyone goes further and starts to read more of my posts is that I am not always going to be right or give a stance on a topic that everyone will agree with. If you disagree with me, tell me or ask questions. I always love debating ideas as long as it’s in a healthy way in which we don’t attack each other as a person. If you can’t be kind and considerate in your debating then we should rather just not debate. Another thing that may happen is that as time goes on, I may disagree with something that I said previously and I hope that things like that happen because it shows that I am actually growing and learning as I go on in life. So now that you’ve read this introduction to my blog please feel free to continue on this journey with me of going through random ideas and not-so-random ideas. My one goal in the journey is to be always honest in what I write, showing exactly what my thoughts are, so join me if you will and let’s see how the thing that I did to myself goes.