'alone' in a room full of people...or with 3,000 facebook friends

 

         When we first met we both were still so young....so naïve....so clueless to what both of us would grow to be. Nonetheless, it was love at first site. You asked all the right questions that made me believe you were really interested in the core of me. You proudly and boldly showcased my smile around the world making me feel super special. You understood me, was there for me whenever I needed you. You became my home. I could express myself limitless, but then things changed...... You were always a friendly person and that was fine,  but then you began to allow anyone and their mommas(literally) access to us. It wasn't sacred anymore. It became wild, yet repetitious. Extra causal, yet strictly professional. And I didn't know how to respond to you anymore. I guess I should have ignored some of those friends you brought to me. But I figured I didn't have anything to hide. Still, our sacredness what taken, a trust was gone. I have traveled the color wheel of emotions with you. You have made me angry, and sad, and envious, and all the other emotions that come with making yourself vulnerable to someone only to be let down because their only human too.... But you aren't even human. So go suck it Facebook.

       As you can see, Facebook and I have a dysfunctional relationship...... We probably should take couples counseling if we want this thing to work..... or maybe I should just quit him altogether and focus on my self. ( Because Apparently I can do BAD all by myself )

Sometimes I log onto my facebook account...scroll through my newsfeed and become pissed, laugh hysterically, and become inspired all within 5 minutes. I guess it just comes with the territory. One thing that I see a lot of is people over sharing and I can't say anything about that because.... (well, this blog, obviously) But it kind of grinds my gears because for the most part I know that your audience on facebook doesn't care. And maybe that's just how I feel and feelings are not facts. But I literally see it all the time. Someone pours their heart out on facebook and  no one comments or someone comments something ignorant. Girls talk about their men problems on facebook to men who flip it around and try to use what he did for their own come up, and the reverse can be said. I guess it is what it is.

 But it did  hit me last night  why people put so much of their information on facebook......

      People simply want someone to listen to the, hear them, understand them.... A psychology technique  that sales people use all the time to get you to like them (it's been proven a person is more likely to purchase something from someone they like) is to ask questions about yourself and then.......just listen. How easy is that, huh?

      Before the era of social media, it was more common for people to have journals, diaries, to write letters. We know that it has been proven that writing is therapeutic. And now because putting pen to paper is becoming extinct. Facebook is becoming the gathering of those called to write. And to that I say....write on dearheart! Start a blog and write about something that you are passionate about. Write to express yourself. Write to get over bad experiences. Write to remember. Write to release. Write because your words matter.


                                                                     LOVE and BLESSINGS!