Because you get to "meet" SO many down-to-earth/cool/sweet/funny/thoughtful fellow bloggers, that's why!
[AND you can write however your heart desires. You can start sentences with the words and and because and not get points taken off for being grammatically incorrect. Woohoo!! Okay, so that may be a lame reason for excitement in your eyes, but you gotta understand where I'm comin' from. I took a bagillion English courses in college and was taught to analyze and reanalyze my writing to the point of madness. SO, I thoroughly enjoy not getting graded for these blog posts. Again, WOOHOO!!]
Back to my original point.
There are ever so many awesome blogs out there, and getting to know the [mostly] women behind these blogs has been so much fun.
You ladies have encouraged me in so many ways.
One post that recently hit home was written by Noelani over at Our Beautiful Little Journey. I read this post right.on.time.
It was about Facebook and the reasons why she recently decided to delete her account.
It was exactly what I needed to read in order to help solidify my decision to deactivate my account.
Facebook can be a great tool when used to build connections with people, but so often those online connections never amount to anything more than online connections. The end result? A world full of people who put very little effort into making real-life connections because they're too busy posting on their "friends'" walls.
You know something is clearly wrong when you see people (at church, work, school, etc) who are your friends on Facebook but never even say hello when they see you in person. Ummmm. HELLO? Is that a real friend or just a nosy person who wants to look through all your photo albums and read all your status updates? [I'm guilty of doing this very thing, which is why I needed to drop Facebook like a bad habit.]
Then there are those people you just feel completely obligated to be friends with. I'm sure you all know exactly what I'm talking about. You add them out of obligation, then you're stuck with them for the rest of your Facebook life.
Online interaction is great when you're actually building real deal relationships. Good things do come from communicating online. After all I did meet this studmeister via the internet!
The reason why blogging is so awesome is because so many of us pour our hearts into these posts, and there is always at least one other person out there who can relate... someone who says, "That's exactly what I needed to hear" or "I know exactly how you feel" or "I've been there and i'll pray for you to get through it like I did."
I encourage you all to reevaluate your online habits. Are they making your life better or worse?
Don't allow the internet to rob you of the joy of building true blue, real-life friendships.
Now, go delete your Facebook account!
haha. Kidding.
I totally agree! Ha... facebook can't even COMPARE to blogging.
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to decide if I should take the plunge and just delete that darn facebook!
I'm glad you stumbled upon my post, and I agree completely with everything you just said. I can't tell you how many times people would add me from an outing that we briefly met at, and then I'd see them elsewhere numerous times and they never said a hi or anything, yet these are the same people who I'm willingly allow to see detailed updates of mine and my family's life?!?! Blogging is totally different, I couldn't agree more.
ReplyDeleteSome interesting thoughts. I'm not sure I'm ready to delete my account yet though. So many referrals for my blog come from facebook...also if I ever need a quick answer for a book to buy, best christmas cd, etc. facebook always comes through for me. But I hear ya on the fact that the connection aren't as deep or consistent as blogging. So glad I found your blog today!
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny you posted this because I have been thinking this very thing. Honestly, blogging has been so much more satisfying and actually has purpose. Sometimes, I find myself checking facebook just because I feel like I "need" to in case I missed something. How annoying is it that I feel like I could miss something in a person's life because they'll post in on facebook and not actually tell me? What has happened to our world? Anyway, I hear ya. Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteThis confirmed my decision to go ahead and delete (not just deactivate) my account. It's freeing. I want true authentic friendships and I feel like Facebook get's in the way of making genuine connections. Now that's it's out of my life, hopefully I can restore what I feel is missing in some of my friendships C:
ReplyDeleteI recently deactivated mine for amonth. And I had so much time to enjoy blogging and life. And the Lord spoke so clearly and his voice was so present. I think it is good to step back from things every once in a while to get a clear perspective of what GOD wants you to do through them. I post nothing but evangelistic posts on my facebook and am also able to easily see what events are coming up at my homechurch. But sometimes the facebook sifting and chatting can get a bit distracting.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you do...do unto the LORD. is the verse paraphrase that comes to mind when I think about Facebook. It should be a tool used for the furtherance of his kingdom and to love on people...
Love you and your blog!
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