I hate the new use of those two words, but my strong emotion is not directed at the people already accustomed to this change.<\/p>\n
“Like”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 just a networking tool now<\/p>\n
“Friends”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we don’t even know, by the hundreds<\/p>\n
A whole generation, even a whole culture across generations, is losing the precious meaning of building real relationships in person.<\/p>\n
Consider the fragile beauty of budding love that says, “I think she likes me.”<\/p>\n
Consider the depth of meaning between two souls that says, “There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”<\/p>\n
Who gets to experience that today, without getting trampled by the internet flood of watered down words?<\/p>\n
Virtual relationships settle for superficial—keyboard to keyboard.<\/p>\n
Virtuous relationships have it all—face to face and eye to eye.<\/p>\n
Guard your own heart, and try to influence others toward real relationships in spite of the internet.<\/p>\n
You make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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