Building Heaven on Earth
Monday, October 18, 2010
To delete or not to delete, that is the question
So I've been thinking lately about the pro's and con's of Facebook. I'm sure I don't need to make a list because most of you have facebook and probably have the same list I do. So I've been thinking, is it really worth it? It's really nice to keep in touch with people from my past and it's so easy to keep up with my family. But, honestly, maybe I shouldn't be clinging on so tightly to my past. I do have a life in the here and the now. So does having Facebook enrich my life or detract from my life? Living in the now, in my home, with my husband and kids and school and work and extracurricular and church and neighborhood... there are a lot of things that pull for my attention. I am thinking I should simplify and cut out the unneccesaries, the distractions, the complications. What are your two cents?
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I cancelled my FB account many months ago, and I don't regret it. It's better to live in the real world than the virtual one, for sure. You'll be surprised how much more time you have. Really.
Elder Bednar's following quote also helped with my decision: "Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and the Internet that you fail to recognize the importance of your physical body and miss the richness of person-to-person communication. Beware of digital displays and data in many forms of computer-mediated interaction that can displace the full range of physical capacity and experience."
Good luck with your decision. Make it a prayerful one!
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