I’m LinkedIn.
I have a few hundred “friends” in this ‘book’ without any real pages.
I can ‘tweet’; I’m not a bird.
Social media is amazing; it really is. It’s simultaneously brought down the borders and barriers to our personal connection and yet made our world seem smaller than ever. We can share nearly everything in our lives, even the fluff. I mean, let’s be for real, it’s mostly just fluff.
I have the ability to endorse someone’s proficiency in ‘strategic management’, I can ‘like’ the picture you posted of what you just ate for breakfast (if I want) and one quick click will retweet the super insightful quip you just composed in 140 characters or less (insert eye roll here).
Can’t you just feel the world turning into a better place?
I read a University study on how the overuse of facebook can cause depression. Depression. Because we see all these “exciting” parts of the lives of others all captured in this one place, over and over. We get jealous. We get envious. And so, we get depressed. We never think that people don’t want to post the shit they go through. We just see the rainbows and never the rain clouds.
What if there was a site, an internet community, where we still saw all the good things in people, but they inspired us and made us feel Loved? Like, my options to endorse you weren’t, “project management”, “taxation” and “mortgage agreements”. But rather, “has a big Heart”, “will make you smile” and “is always willing to help out”?
What if the only things I could “like” were acts of kindness or beautiful pictures of Mother Nature or how you just got the biggest, best hug ever?
What if the only things that were “trending” were all about #Love?
What the world needs more of, is the shameless self-promotion of all the good things you give and receive in life. How many doors you hold open, the number of smiles you got today and how you volunteered over the weekend. Oh, and obviously, every little bit of Love you live.
These are the stories that make our Hearts smile. These are the stories that push us to be better. These are the stories that form community. Instead of busying ourselves trying to generate more “fluff”, why don’t we one-up each other in all the great things we can do?
Call me crazy, but I see a place where a community thrives on sharing all the wonderful experiences that happen to us and because of us. I see a place that, very simply, shares all the Love we’re giving and receiving. And, in turn, I see that place being somewhere we can all go for support whether it’s because we’re having a bad day at work, we’ve lost a loved one or just because life sucks sometimes.
If you see that place, too, let me know. We should talk.
Be Love.
Yes, I have seen a place like that. That place doesn’t exist on its own, it needs people working together in that community to show you everything you can think of being positive and being love. The key is to show your love by telling your true feelings. Social media should be just a tool that we use to communicate with the ones we don’t see day to day. Such as I use the one that to chat with my families and friends back home with 0 post of my lunch, my new purchased clothes or any other my daily life pictures. No need! I don’t need to show my life and no need of comments from others. Whether I am happy or not with my life is a feeling, which I will show in my words and actions; not from what I post. In my opinion, posting those stuff is a waste of time. I don’t mind sending photos to my families and friends, but posting those useless stuff is no need. Sorry if I sound mean 🙂 I am always mean in a way that only my friends can tell. You feel loved each day by hugging your friends, by those small talks and those small caring. I used to think those are not important and wonder why this person asks me about how is going or what did you do last evening, etc. I even thought those topics are not important, not healthy until now I ask people around me. Those little things matter. As long as you are happy with your life, your families and your friends will be able to tell from the way you talk and the way you behave, not by those pictures you post online. Be strong and be bright!
The eclipse is tonight, so if you have time tonight, you should check it out. All you need to do is to look at the sky: http://www.space.com/28984-total-lunar-eclipse-photos-april4-2015.html
Social media can be an amazing tool to share all the Love we have. It’s great to pay our bills and post our pictures and read the news, but think of all the good that can be accomplished. If we saw eight wonderful stories a day of kindness and goodwill instead of eight stories of violence and destruction and jealousy, think of the positive energy this could and would create.
We can make our mark face to face, but we can also increase how big our “global hug” can be by just sharing Love.
Thank you for your comments, always. 🙂