I feel like this is a very loaded question to be asking me; considering that in two instances, I was willing to forgo being a permanent fixture in my children’s lives, find some domestic harmony myself, my children – in the end I guess my exes as well for that matter.
But the prompt was asking “what could I let go of for the sake of harmony?” I guess to answer that question I would have to say anything my peace of mind is more valuable to me than having a particular thing in my life .
i’ve been talking quite a little bit lately about letting go of things in my life. More to the point, Women who I still have my phones contact list; some I still have photos of, and even some that I am still friends with social media. I think that way, I’m trying to hang onto a thread of what may have been a relationship with each of those people. the truth is, I have no contact with them. I don’t look at those photos on my phone anymore. Those people and I remain friends/followers of each other and social media just for the sake of our own respective peace of mind. I think in my case, it just makes us feel better , knowing that we’re not “not friends”. This , knowing that we’re not “not friends”. This almost suggested things are still amicable or that we are in each other lives; which we in fact are not
in some instances, I have “let go“ of those people. They still exist as memories, of course. And who knows? Like XST, they might very well pop back into the picture at some point or another. I mean, how do people fall back into contact with each other before social media? It did happen, obviously.
But I think this whole trend of collecting friends on social media goes back to what I told my students all the time about the risk of social media. Rather than just being a tool for communication, we tend to think of social media as the act of socialization itself. If we’re not friends with somebody on Facebook, then we must hate them; or so we assume. That’s not the case, of course, but that is the implication.
Thanks for stopping by Rebuilding Rob. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe to my blog below. It’s greatly appreciated! Also, feel free to follow me on social media as well! Check out my most recent posts as well as some earlier, related posts:
- Between Pride Rock and the Plains
- The Final Frontier Is Within: Why I Still Dream of Mars
- The Baggage We Choose: Finding Stability in a Packed-Up Life
- Two Screenshots and a Panic Attack
- The Game is Found Elsewhere (Baseball on the Brink – Part 3)
The article “channeling my inner Elsa“ first appeared on Rebuilding Rob
Leave a Reply