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I have, just know, come across something that I cannot ignore anymore.
Now, I know that of course you have done this, but has anyone ever felt really strongly about something and then kinda let is slip by?
I know that sounds sick.
But I think it's a pretty wide spread disease of our current culture.
And of my current generation.
Then again, doesn't everyone always say we're the "movers and shakers," the kids who will change what they don't like?
Ha.
I'm not here to bash, I'm here to observe and report.
I think the reason for our complacency is also the thing that will carry our memory through history:
The Internet
And this has come to the fore of my mind because it struck me a few minutes ago how easy it is to forget things in our era. This has been revealed to me through the quick come and go, the page surfing, the scrolling, the Home Page browsing.
We see some nuts post on Facebook like "I've just been feeling really down today and I just don't know what I am here for"
Then we either LIKE it?!?! or we comment and say "Hey friend, everything will be ok, I still love you anyway :)"
and while that might be a teensy bit helpful, it really doesn't do much
Now does it?
And the third thing we seem to do is just scroll on, till we find a post that makes us laugh, then we like, comment and move on.
Really?
I do it all the time, so yes really.
I just think its ridiculous.
Which brings me back to my first thought, becoming complacent even about things we feel strongly about.
I have felt "strongly" about the shallowness that Facebook and social media is producing in us.
What have I done?
I have fallen victim to the very thing which I sought to condemn.
So I thought I would do something about it.
Blogging really gets to the heart of the matter, Don't it?
Nah.
ahhh, but honestly the reason I decided to write this is because I saw a post by someone that actually cause me to STOP scrolling!
And we all know, that's hard to do.
Someone posting a link to a missing persons website.
And the picture on it was a little baby, 3 years old, who was abducted.
And the post said something like "praying for a safe return of this child"
I almost scrolled right on, right along with everyone else.
Then I realized, if and since prayer works, we could actually help find this kid
And gee whillickers, a 3 year old got ABDUCTED
Shouldn't that make us stop and say a prayer for his safety?
Shouldn't that makes us stop and realize how depraved our world has come, when babies are the target of crimes?
Shouldn't we want a change?
Welp, we've got more scrolling to do, but it was cool to see that someone cares :)
I was just struck with the sadness of it. A new creation in the world being traumatized, who knows where, away from his family.
And it's 9/11
I saw a FB post like so "When you think about it, 9/11 was kinda hilarious"
What?
It was a little kid hacking his sister's account cause he was mad at her and he wanted everyone on facebook to get mad at her.
That is what the Internet is doing to us yall, its killing our morals.
It's making us feel as though, by liking a Jesus page, we are better Christians for it.
Via the Internet, we are doubling all the information in the world every two years.
And do we understand half of it?
Do we understand the power that we hold in the palm of our hand, in a computer that's so portable yet so powerful?
Or do we scroll on.
I really don't WANT to make you feel bad about being on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, or Pinterest.
But I think you should
I think you should realize that social media are selfish media.
I think instead of liking a depressing post you could call your so called "friend" and ask them whats going down.
How much time could you spend doing worthwhile things instead of liking comments?
Like actually learning the information that has been produced.
Cause honestly, The Internet is a lovely tool. And Facebook and co are super great if you miss someone across the world and you have no other contact with them. Or like above mentioned example, you could find out about someone's bad day and then go talk to them about it.
But no.
It's only fair
It's only right that we should
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                                            Always Hope, Love Regardless and Peace out

P.S. I really hope a biggoted voice did not come out in this blog, I just wanted to explore this thought more. Please comment if you think different
;) or just scroll on