Blogging is something that never really made much sense to me. Have we really gone so far as to need to type our deepest darkest secrets on an impersonal screen, hoping that some sympathetic person at the other end will understand, will be surprised, or maybe will be impacted or inspired in some way? Will care enough to respond with a brief comment of solidarity? Since when do we not talk to people face to face?
I think blogging is easier than having a conversation for some people, because you can't see the other persons face. Our society can no longer stand the intimacy of looking into another pair of human eyes. We prefer fingers on keyboards. Stereotypical faces created with with numbers and punctuation. People depend on earphones and drumbeats to feel. Sitting down with someone and spilling your guts about feelings, any sort of feelings, is seen as weird, taboo, psychotic. Why? This situation needs to be remedied. So I challenge you - find someone that you don't talk to all that often. Sit with them during your lunch period, and talk to them. Really talk to them. Tell them what is going on inside your heart and mind. Ask them how their day has been, and don't settle for "I just was bored in class". Reach out. Touch someone on an emotional level. Get away from your computer screen. Turn off your iPod. Let go of all of your crutches and be human again.
It's one of the hardest things you will ever do.
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Something else that sounds hard: accepting death.
I am inspired now. I may do this. MAY. I need a target, and a lot of mountain dew.
Okay so I didn't, and I was thinking about it today, and I realized, I probably won't. So don't expect me to anymore...
Sorry for the mistake.
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