I have left social media again, except for linking to the blog on my Facebook Page. It will stay open but I won’t be chatting with people there. Some call this “casting your pearls.” A certain number of people take you seriously, but most don’t.
I am not a social animal by nature. Very introverted, I spend the bulk of my time alone.
The holidays are social in nature and I find them like a foreign substance in my food or drink. I don’t know what to do with them but get through them by the grace of God.
My days are much the same. Hard to tell one from the other.
As I finish being 75, I face the next years given to me as a bonus. I am quite healthy and am at a time of greater spiritual energy than emotional or physical.
Words are my way of communicating with people, but there is an energy behind my words that can help you.
As Vernon Howard said, “Honesty is the blessed policy.”
Normally we play false with people because that is what they want and expect.
What if you saw that so deeply that silence begin to feed you like social interactions never could?
Love,
Vicki
Vicki, I applaud your decision. I have drastically cut back my Facebook interaction, unfollowing 2/3 of my friends and everyone who doesn’t follow my page, unfriending those who constantly post political comments and keeping a low profile. Instead, I am writing in my journal, listening to quiet music and playing with my cats! This is a wonderful time for going within the quiet of Winter and enjoying the silence. I look forward to following your blog, as always.
It is just so darned addictive. Has us running to check it like it could change anything….
I’ve become a hit and run Facebook user. I like something, share it, and head for the exit. This time of year is my favorite and I’m so grateful Joey flew from this world in the summer. He left me Christmas to enjoy. It would have been a different story had he died in December. I so understand your aversion to it, Vicki. One of the text messages he sent me from Boca, months before, was this:
“All I miss in New Jersey is you and Christmas.”
In a strange way, I am Christmas, one and the same. My life consists of my family and one loyal, true-blue friend. I don’t live in a social world, only the little one I created for myself to safeguard me from the world at large. It’s not a compassionate place.”
So true, Mary.