Life, despite fulfilling the demands of the society and the need to have more, we have skinned ourselves to become lesser than the person we were supposed to be. We tend to compromise by thinking that "if i don't get it now, there won't be later."
In other words, we become impulsive.
Recently, due to the mixed feelings that I have against facebook (or perhaps social media in general), I decided to go on hiatus. It took me for about a couple of months to get back on facebook. This decision has resulted to the lost of other online accounts such as foursquare and path as well. Yet, I couldn't be bothered. Despite keeping my old facebook account active, I generally don't attempt to fit in the facebook culture anymore. I guess, I have lost the momentum.
It was only a few days ago, I started receiving news about what happened to many of my friends. Thanks to my "social media free" phase, I probably have missed out important events happening to them. Some went overseas, some got a new job, some got married and etc.
It amazes me to see within my short hiatus, people could simply move on so quickly. Burnt bridges, dead relationships and broken marriages seem to be common for people my age. I guess we can't just avoid God's plans for us. But at least, we are obligated to be more careful next time. Impulsive is bad.
Nevertheless, I am sad. I am among those who have lost similar battles. All of the sacrifice I did, they don't appear meaningful day by day. This is for the love that we have lost and the sacrifice we have done -- let us pray the best for our lost and pray that we will be stronger in facing God's plan, that is much better than we had before.
Happy new year, 2013.
