Happy New Year Facebook!
As a woman of many words and a blogger, I really couldn't fit my New Year's wishes on just one small Facebook page so I opted to blog it instead.
Facebook is a strange place in many ways. We get to know people through a computer that we may never ever meet, yet strangely find a closeness and trust we don't often find in real life. Perhaps it is because we never do meet and are not confronted with face to face contact that we can have a more real and open relationship. But is it real? Good question - and I do believe the answer is yes.
My Facebook is made up of a myriad of different people, from different walks of life, belief systems, races, genders and religions. Yet, every one of you have something that has touched me, something that makes up a part of my own history and the journey I'm on. Somewhere along my path we met, some in person, some through a mutual friend, some through my blogs or cooking sites, and some we just somehow stumbled across and made a connection. I can't explain it all and nor should I try. Because it is as it is and it's what makes such a beautiful tapestry of life.
So whether I know you in person, or whether I don't, there is something in our friendship that I value. There are many here I know personally yet really only speak to through a computer now and much less often on the phone or face to face. And you know what - it's okay. It's the way life is now because it has increased our capacity to maintain relationships with a larger amount of people. I'm honest enough to say that without Facebook I would not be able to keep in touch with half of you. Not because I wouldn't want to - but because life is no longer slow paced and easy going and time doesn't lend itself to hours of phone calls and coffee's in cafe's.
No, life is but a snippet here and a photo there. Posted on a more public forum for many to see at once. It seems impersonal and no doubt in many ways it is, but it at least means that we can share our lives to some capacity. I wouldn't be able to otherwise and that my friends is simply reality.
But just because Facebook allows me to keep in touch with a larger group of people than I ever would in real life, and at times those face to face friendships have been reduced to a mere computer screen, it does not diminish the importance of them. We still control who we have on our Facebook - from those we talk to on a daily basis to those we may exchange a word or two once a year (usually at Christmas and New Year).
Regardless of what Facebook is or isn't, I'm still very thankful I have it and it's as much a part of my life as is my family and my job. I love talking and I love people. We may have to spread ourselves thin and sometimes I miss your news, your sadness or your joy. I don't mean to, I do my best. It's no reflection of you and your journey but more a reflection of the fast paced years we now exist in.
But every now and again, I'll drop a line. Just to say hi, to say that I care. Because if I didn't want you to share this part of my life, I'd hit delete!! So be assured, you are all important to me - in so many different ways that it's impossible to write about. My life is incredibly enriched by your journey's and by letting me be just a small part of it. Whether it's fate or God, whatever you'd like to call it, I like to think that we've all been brought together in this one place for a reason.
And that reason for me now is to wish you all a wonderful, blessed and prosperous New Year. Who knows where this year is going to lead us? It's totally unwritten and new. It has endless possibilities along with many highs and no doubt some lows. So whatever this new year has in store for you, let's walk it together. Friend to friend, Facebooker to Facebooker. I'll be right here to see your joys, your sadness, your photos, your jokes and your corny 'shares' (which I'm just at notorious at doing).
Happy New Year Facebookers. See you in 2016 and beyond.
And may the force be with you!!
Facebook is a strange place in many ways. We get to know people through a computer that we may never ever meet, yet strangely find a closeness and trust we don't often find in real life. Perhaps it is because we never do meet and are not confronted with face to face contact that we can have a more real and open relationship. But is it real? Good question - and I do believe the answer is yes.
My Facebook is made up of a myriad of different people, from different walks of life, belief systems, races, genders and religions. Yet, every one of you have something that has touched me, something that makes up a part of my own history and the journey I'm on. Somewhere along my path we met, some in person, some through a mutual friend, some through my blogs or cooking sites, and some we just somehow stumbled across and made a connection. I can't explain it all and nor should I try. Because it is as it is and it's what makes such a beautiful tapestry of life.
So whether I know you in person, or whether I don't, there is something in our friendship that I value. There are many here I know personally yet really only speak to through a computer now and much less often on the phone or face to face. And you know what - it's okay. It's the way life is now because it has increased our capacity to maintain relationships with a larger amount of people. I'm honest enough to say that without Facebook I would not be able to keep in touch with half of you. Not because I wouldn't want to - but because life is no longer slow paced and easy going and time doesn't lend itself to hours of phone calls and coffee's in cafe's.
No, life is but a snippet here and a photo there. Posted on a more public forum for many to see at once. It seems impersonal and no doubt in many ways it is, but it at least means that we can share our lives to some capacity. I wouldn't be able to otherwise and that my friends is simply reality.
But just because Facebook allows me to keep in touch with a larger group of people than I ever would in real life, and at times those face to face friendships have been reduced to a mere computer screen, it does not diminish the importance of them. We still control who we have on our Facebook - from those we talk to on a daily basis to those we may exchange a word or two once a year (usually at Christmas and New Year).
Regardless of what Facebook is or isn't, I'm still very thankful I have it and it's as much a part of my life as is my family and my job. I love talking and I love people. We may have to spread ourselves thin and sometimes I miss your news, your sadness or your joy. I don't mean to, I do my best. It's no reflection of you and your journey but more a reflection of the fast paced years we now exist in.
But every now and again, I'll drop a line. Just to say hi, to say that I care. Because if I didn't want you to share this part of my life, I'd hit delete!! So be assured, you are all important to me - in so many different ways that it's impossible to write about. My life is incredibly enriched by your journey's and by letting me be just a small part of it. Whether it's fate or God, whatever you'd like to call it, I like to think that we've all been brought together in this one place for a reason.
And that reason for me now is to wish you all a wonderful, blessed and prosperous New Year. Who knows where this year is going to lead us? It's totally unwritten and new. It has endless possibilities along with many highs and no doubt some lows. So whatever this new year has in store for you, let's walk it together. Friend to friend, Facebooker to Facebooker. I'll be right here to see your joys, your sadness, your photos, your jokes and your corny 'shares' (which I'm just at notorious at doing).
Happy New Year Facebookers. See you in 2016 and beyond.
And may the force be with you!!
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