I’ve been off Facebook for 10 days already. And it’s been…wonderful! I have realized how full and exciting my life is sans Facebook. I don’t miss the drama and everyone’s rants. I do miss keeping up with people I don’t see. However, when my whole side of my family deleted me from Facebook it made me realize that God has put people in my life who love me and who I consider family and they make an effort to keep up with me and me with them. I’ve realized what relationships were just Facebook friendships and which ones are real life relationships.
These last few weeks have been CRAZY and I’m doing my best to go thru each day for God’s glory. I fail but he picks me up. Being off Facebook has helped me immensely even though I have been tempted to peek. Sacrificing is never easy but Facebook was getting in the way of my Abba. So I needed to get off the grid to get back on track with God’s grid!!
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January 7, 2013 at 12:41 am |
Good for you! When I was active in the broadcast journalism side of radio (about 2 years ago), Facebook was a necessary, but intrusive tool in promoting my life as a “radio news guy.” But, now that I’m retired, all of the hype really doesn’t matter much. You can count your true friends on the fingers of your right hand…those who will support you and rally to you, no matter what. Although I still use Facebook to maintain a few contacts in the broadcast business, I don’t pursue the “friends” game anymore. I prefer to know a few good people and interact with them face-to-face. Social media are wonderful tools, but I sometimes feel we reveal too much about ourselves–things that can be used and exploited by others who really don’t know us. Some things should be kept private. Are we so cut off from our friends and family that we need to open up to total strangers? If we are, it’s time for some self-awareness and getting back to finding out what gives our life meaning. The journey to self-discovery is often a lonely voyage–but one worth the effort. It appears that you are beginning the first step in becoming the real you. Isn’t it ironic that we can talk to total strangers, yet can’t establish deep, meaningful relationships with our families, friends, and ourselves? Good luck and stay positive. Aloha from the Island of Hawaii. Russ