B2Blog is two years old

Can you believe it? Like my kids or my marriage, its hard to believe that time has passed that quickly.

Its hard to believe, too, how closely I've stuck to the vision expressed in my first post:

My first post. Lets list the current issues on my plate that I want to discuss in the future. Basically, I have several "directory listing services" to pick (or not). ...

Throw those on top of Trade advertising, website design/maintenance, and internal issues to make an interesting blog for like-minded people.

Lately I've been pondering the fact that the history of things I have written goes ignored. But that's the nature of the beast. I do average over 30 visitors a day, plus 200 or so via RSS hits. I have enjoyed interacting with readers and fellow bloggers the most. So, please feel free to contact me about anything, or just to say hi.

A thought about commitment:
My wife is a Girl Scout Brownie leader for a year-plus. She pours a lot of energy to support her troop of about 12 girls. For the girls, what they put into it is what they get out of it, and that's to be expected. And some girls drop out because it doesn't fit them. However, that's not my concern.

My wife planned a nature trip for the girls on Saturday, which she had eight girls scheduled to go on. Three called the day of the event to drop out, and three more didn't show at the rally point. So, besides my daughter, one other scout (and her cousin) went on the trip. My wife was fuming, to say the least.

But what concerns me is the message these girls are getting from their parents--that it's okay to waffle on your commitments. Are these girls going to grow up thinking that they can just do what they like? What will they be like when they are teens? And how will they perceive the value of trust?

The perceptive reader can see how this story would relate to this blog being two years old. Commitment and trust are a big issues in blogging, marketing and life. I'm not one to quote scripture, but this one struck me last week: Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'.