One of
the upsides of Facebook may be this very truth as enunciated by Eboo
Patel. You come to see yourself and others in each other's
journey/story. It is amazing how many times my response to something
I see posted on Facebook is, “Wow! Me too!” It is a small
world.
Now,
before you say it, let me admit that what I read on Facebook is
posted by those whom I have chosen to designate as my “friends.”
Therefore, we are bound to have things in common. Yet, wherever
these various “friends” are on my friend continuum – lifelong
friend through significant aquaintance to one of many I know through
the United Church of Canada, I am still impressed by the points at
which our stories significantly intersect.
But
then there is this one thing that impresses me even more: These
various “friends” share posts about others they know and many
they do not know – all unknown to me – but there is still
unexpected intersections in “our” stories. I am moved by the
stories of strangers at a very deep place in my being. We are
curiously connected!
Maybe
this is an unanticipated “blessing” of social media; it will
teach us how we are all truly sisters and brothers. It may help us
to understand that despite the various physical, cultural,
linguistic, and social differences that span our world, my heart and
your heart and her heart and his heart all beat the same, feel the
same, touch the same, bleed the same, make us uniquely one. No
matter where we live on this planet, at the very core of our being,
we are one. Thanks be!
P.S.
If you have not heard of Eboo Patel before, Google him. Amazing
person!
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