Sunday, December 28, 2008

Facebook vs Face Time

Over several months I have received the friendly invitation to "check out" my friends facebook....all I have to do is sign up and start my own page so I can see my friends page (I knew there would be a catch). Well, after invite after invite I decided to try Facebook. I designed a page and before I knew it I had 50 some friends. WOW....I'm so popular. Or if we break out in song with Peter Gabriel, "She's so popular". Needless to say I find myself on this Facebook page WAY TOO MUCH. When I think of my college days (early 80's) and how we communicated (going to class and writing on paper). When I think of my dating days with my husband (phone and face to face), when I think of my thank you's to relatives for gifts (Handwritten notes) I'm amazed at how I have relied on modern technology to communicate. My husband got me an ipod and it can do EVERYTHING......why? Remember the walkman? Now that was big back in the day. Why do I need an ipod to remind me of the weather, time, email, GPS, 4,000 songs, etc.....We are definitely in an age of immediate gratification.

For 2009 I will use my modern devices for pleasure but utilize my personal face time by engaging with people which always brings instant gratification.....growing in relationships, serving others and loving family and friends. I want my children to know how to develop and nurture relationships by human touch and not through computer screens and hand held devices. May your 2009 be filled with a lot of FACE TIME!

Happy New Year!