Lockdown 187

Lockdown Day 187 - 29 September 2020

I am boggled by the world of social media. Partly because it is astoundingly entertaining, but mostly because it is all-consuming. Lockdown gave social media wings, seeing those who have resisted, giving in and jumping onto the roller coaster. Like it or not, it is here to stay. 

But what should definitely not stay, is the way we let it creep into our humanness. Humanness is defined as the condition and quality of being human. I observe daily how most people struggle to have boundaries for their personal life and their work life. 

Condition and quality of being human gets interwoven with performance and recognition, eventually blurring or even erasing the boundary. 

Also, many people find their identity in a social media /online presence. Again, it doesn't mean you shouldn't be online, it is about how much control you have of the "joystick".

Social media to me is like the month old magazines I buy as part of a recycling drive. I get 15 glossy mags for a fraction of the price so this way I get to read all my favourites a month later. But most months I find I do not have the time to get through all of them as I would like to do. And if I do, something else will be neglected. 

All the information in all those mags are wonderful and interesting and informative, and if I let it, it will consume all my time. Time I need to be human. Time I need to maintain my condition such as taking walks and engaging in real conversations. 

And time I need to spend with God and my loved ones to up the quality of my life. It doesn't mean I'm going to stop ordering them. I need to create balance and wisely plan "mags-time" so they can still inspire and educate me.

Truth be told........Lockdown made me more old school, and sometimes I wish someone would just pull the plug. 

So we can go back to people having real life conversations with each other, writing with a pencil on a paper so the motorics of our brain and body can "save" information effectively. 

So we can put down the remote of social media and look each other in the eye. So we can really experience God as the real life living Being who created us with a purpose. 

So tonight I stand on my green room's "carpet", looking up at the stars, feeling grounded amidst this 21st century Lockdown life. I choose to believe this did not happen to me, but rather for me, creating a world of opportunities to share my humanness and make a difference. To be what God designed me for. And to love Him for it. Because He's got this.