I hate the new use of those two words, but my strong emotion is not directed at the people already accustomed to this change.

“Like”     just a networking tool now

“Friends”     we don’t even know, by the hundreds

A whole generation, even a whole culture across generations, is losing the precious meaning of building real relationships in person.

Consider the fragile beauty of budding love that says, “I think she likes me.”

Consider the depth of meaning between two souls that says, “There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”

Who gets to experience that today, without getting trampled by the internet flood of watered down words?

Virtual relationships settle for superficial—keyboard to keyboard.

Virtuous relationships have it all—face to face and eye to eye.

Guard your own heart, and try to influence others toward real relationships in spite of the internet.

You make a difference.