my first "ramble"

In my introduction paragraph I declared my intentions for this blog: a forum for the discussion and dialog on what it means to be human. As this is informally my first post I would, presupposing or forgoing, for now, our very definition of what it means to be human, ask: Is a blog even an appropriate means for "communicating" this very topic. Before I submit this question to you my friends, family and the rest of the cyber space dwellers, I would like to further explain my reason for creating this blog.

As I am privileged enough to be studying at the JPII Institute, it has been drilled into me that being is gift. God creates us out of sheer love and we are to participate in that by giving the gift of ourselves to others and ultimately back to God. Anyway, sticking with this theme of gift, I would like to take the gift of what I am learning at the Institute and share it by means of this blog. As I am hundreds of miles away from those with whom I want to share this knowledge with, a blog seems like an appropriate way to do so, however, in understanding what the person is: unity of body and soul - I wonder if this is in fact an appropriate way to share the gift of myself through what I am learning with you. You cannot hear my voice, see my facial expressions and hence on the most fundamental level, we are not able even to simply "be" together through this venue of "communication." (I could be digging myself into a hole here because if I get some lofty responses about how this isn't an appropriate means, then the life of my blog will come to an abrupt end!)