Facebook woes

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Facebook and I love the fact that we can now be in touch with friends from our past. These kinds of reunions and relationships wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. But something about it also makes me somewhat sad. I read things that former friends have written and I think to myself - now how in the heck did we lose touch with each other? She is so clever and always makes me laugh or She is so insightful - how is it that we did not stay close over the years?

And even though Facebook makes it possible to catch glimpses of their current lives, it is still so surfacey. It's not real - it's like looking through a very foggy glass at someone else's life. You only see what they want you to see. Maybe that's why I can't fully understand how I could have parted ways with one so clever or another that was so insightful - eh?

I guess life is as it should be. If I am able to rejuvenate a friendship through Facebook then that is a blessing but I guess if it never quite takes bloom again, then perhaps there is a reason (that I may never know) why it faded so many years ago. Friendships are beautiful phenomena but also very complicated. Another area where I must learn to just take life as it comes instead of trying to be so darn manipulative all the time. God is in charge. He puts the right people in the right places at the right times (even if that means the end of another friendship). Just another area of life where I need to relinquish control - or as my friend Jenny keeps saying, "Let go and Let God."

IV time....

It's terrible that it takes me being hooked up to an IV to make time for blogging. Or maybe it's good.... I can't decide. It is therapeutic to put my thoughts into words but I think it's also good to be so busy that I don't have time to think -- or is that called denial?

When I have alot of time on my hands, I tend to reflect on my past more than I should. Those moments are gone so it is pointless to waste time and energy on 'should haves' or 'could haves'. I could switch gears and start looking to the future - but then, it is so uncertain that I'm not sure that's very productive either. The key is probably to focus on the here and now - but why is that such a struggle? Today is the only day that is somewhat within control. What we do with it is completely up to us. Now is the time to finish those unfinished tasks, call those we've been meaning to call, send gifts to those we've wanted to help and do away with regret.

That's all easy to say when hooked up to an IV.... In about an hour, I'll get up from this comfy recliner and head out to my next appointment. Then I'll run the errands I have. Then I'll go see my bff in the hospital and then drive home. Once there, I'll get ready for Prom tonight and then tomorrow another task filled day will begin. And the blog time gets pushed to the very back....

The thoughts will still be there. Just not in word form.

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