Tuesday, January 22, 2008

MIFH - What is that???

MIFH or Most Interesting Fellow Human is new term. Just made it up today!

I find these folks all the time on the internet. People who are so interesting that I am drawn to their websites time and again. I don't mean for products or writing talent or dynamic personalities. I mean the person themselves. Personal websites that become destinations to bookmark and keep track of. Places to return to, to see what that person is doing today or has been doing. You might say a blog does that but sometimes this is just not so. Some websites are so much better than a blog or ARE a blog. Anyhousen, I found a MIFH this past week and wanted to write about my feelings for some of these people, re: the MIFH's in general.

If you had the resources to travel anywhere you wanted and do whatever you wanted, how would you go about it? Would you play all day with friends? Golf, pool, polo? Or would you advance your personal knowledge base of the peoples of the world? I should reiterate that dynamic personalities are usually famous people. The people I am talking about are normal, everyday folks who are traveling the world, taking photos, meeting people of all nations on a personal level. The P. Hiltons of the world are shallow, limelight grabbers who burn money for fun. None of the folks I am talking about do anything remotly like that. They go about their quiet lives, truly living a dream most of us could not or cannot imagine.

I like to think I would be one of the MIFH folks if I had the resources. Then again, I wonder if I would be a squanderer like some of the dynamic personalities (?). If I were to dream a dream of world travel and meeting common folk, like myself I believe I could truly be happy every day of my life.

Gee, that was a funny thing to say. Because, I am a very happy person. I am happy in the thought that I know what is coming each day, keep a managable schedule; love my family and friends; love my work. I don't find that anything is missing in my life but find that I, I guess the word is admire people who spend the time (and money) getting to know the peoples, nations and religions of the world.

What a wonderful thing to aspire to. I guess it gives me something to dream about. At least for today. The MIFH's of this world should be the ones in the news and interviews and as noteworthy human beans (not a typo) but maybe that is not what they want or what they aspire too. Interesting, don't you think?

Blessings.