Facebook is not real life

I found myself writing that to a dear respected friend today. Facebook is the illusion of our lives in bits and pieces of what we choose to place as our status updates. We can create images of our days by our words.

I realize as I was writing to my friend that people think that Facebook is real life. Now, at times, I can see where people could confuse the two. However, Facebook can never let you feel the human touch of a hand or a hug. Facebook can never let you linger over a long lunch or dinner enjoying not only the morsels of food and drink but also the human company.

Facebook can give you an quick reaction and sometimes; sometimes that is what we all need. Maybe its a prayer request, maybe a congratulation or maybe its I am sorry for your loss.

Facebook can connect long forgotten friends and relatives.

Facebook may give us the immediate satisfaction but is not real life.

So go jump in a puddle, dive in a lake, canoe down a river, surf on the coast, your real life is not on Facebook.