I never thought I’d like Internet social networking. MySpace had no appeal. Facebook was a waste of time.
Notice: these are past tense. Who knew they were so much fun? I have actually wasted more time playing in Facebook over the past several weeks then I ever imagined. I’m not super popular. Don’t want to be. But I enjoy making contact with my old friends and acquaintances.
The past is sometimes scary. There are people that I don’t want to come in contact with again. There are people that are better left in the closets of my past. There are actions that I wish not to remember and times that are better left forgotten. That’s why I avoided things like Facebook. There was too much of a possibility of these haunting my present life. I didn’t want that. So I avoided people from my past that might remind me of those times.
Now, I embrace the past. There are more positives than negatives. And the negatives... were they really that bad? Not when I look at how my old acquaintances and friends have gotten old. They have kids... like me. Most of them are pretty cute kids too. They have jobs... like me. They are successful... like me. All of them have a past... just like me.
So my avoiding the simple discomforts of the past has prevented me from enjoying socializing with so many. It wasn’t worth it. I can now say, come see my Facebook... I’m there.
