Their Own (Lake)

All must test their own work.

 - From Galatians 6

Social Media, far from being a wonderful resource for sharing and understanding, has become a platform for exhibitionism and voyeurism. Had there never been an Internet, the phrase "virtue signaling" would never have been invented. It wouldn't need to be.

The Internet is an impersonal, emotionless, robotic entity that has no feelings. It exaggerates the simplest things, can make crazy ideas seem sane, and logic seem foolish. It does not deliver messages person to person, but utilizes a soulless channel which easily corrupts the original intent.

Well is the Devil called the "Lord of the power of the air." People that are not in direct contact are not in contact at all.

I have concluded that any reform or social movement born in this era of the impersonal, and of the ascendancy of the machine, must be held in great suspicion. We think we're so powerful, so right, so with history . . . but only because an artificial resource has so altered reality that nothing can be fully trusted.

We need to get together, in person . . . and it has to be for selfless purposes. We need a deliberate departure from human interaction that expects something in return: a like, a share, a smiley emoticon, a delicious treat, a great experience, a climactic rush of the senses.

We need just to communicate, with the intent to listen, and to learn.

We've got to take care of our own business.

Stop worrying about the latest thing Trump, or Pelosi just did, or said. They're human, just like you.

Do your own thing. Take care of your own things. You've got plenty to do. Stop stirring the pot.

Make it better . . . do something. And say something good.