So I have a dream. Or goal or ambition in life. This dream involves finding solutions to the different problems humanity and the world as a whole is faced with today and tomorrow and those that have followed from the past.
I wasn't really sure what to do with this blog that I created. First I thought I would just post random stuff that I want to share with the world. Now I know something more specific that I want to share with the world. I want to find solutions to problems and I will share them through this blog.
So I used to have a pet turtle. In an effort to be unique and bestow upon my pet a worthy name I took the phrase "Man's Toe" in reference to the relatively small size of my pet (he was actually a regular sized turtle and I am prone to exaggeration). I then replaced the letter M with the letter P to get a name. Hence, Pantoe. I also like naming things, which is ironic considering I'm really bad at names. Not just people's names, names of things, objects, places, abstract concepts, etc.
Pantoe didn't really do much. He was our pet though. Because he didn't do much it was hard to tell what he was thinking, like you might be able to do with a dog. I used to spend a lot of time trying to get inside Pantoe's head. The conclusion I reached about Pantoe's thoughts were that he was really focused on escaping. The conclusion I reached and how I reached it is not the point I am trying to make here. The point is that, Pantoe may be the first living thing whose mind I tried to get into and understand. This was during my elementary and middle school years.
I feel that it is coincidentally fitting that a blog that I am devoting to finding solutions for humanity is named for my pet Pantoe, for he may be the one who first taught me how deeply it was possible to walk in another person's shoes. And in order to find solutions, I will need to be able to do that.
And so, my journey begins.
