700th post

Today marks the 700th post on Scouting and Me which originally started life on the social media site Tumblr before moving exclusively to a dedicated old school style blog just under two years ago.

It really started between some account issues at Tumblr where I found myself posting more around around Scouting and Youth movements to the point a more focussed approach I felt made but it wasn't before long that posts were having to be appealed so I decided to make this, initially as a back up.

The earliest posts on Tumblr were more around Scouting as I remembered it, the activities, camaraderie and uniforms.

The focus started to change as I focused more on what my needs were and how what was in scouting actually could help now.

I started exploring and from that founding more about what I had seen and experienced overcoming physical and learning disabilities taking inspiration from the time honoured program.

Few of us knew just what was around the corner never mind just how long things were going to so severely changed so residential periods away became a thing of the past and I like countless others was returned to a world changed and full of uncertainties .

I was being challenged and actual biological age children in the scouts were too as things were adapted to the point I was being inspired  by them to find new ways of doing things and critically to learn to not just survive this but develop the resilience to take it in my stride as hard as things were.

I had to start all over again from first principals and why the Scout Law and Promise are what they are, be prepared to go out of my comfort zone and commit to being prepared to give things a try.

That started to influence the content here as posted more about things I had done and just what i'd learned from them.

I survived that period because of SCOUTING and its principals and in return I gave freely to keep scouting on the road for children and young adults who need it badly.

I am different today for the road I travelled on, going back to the tested and true paths to be the best me I can.

The journey that started with the blogs predecessor being established became something  a good deal more important, it transformed and helped me grow.

I would like to thing anyone who comes by here can see that and perhaps considers that lesson.