This week on Twitter I noticed the usual people tweeting the “rules”, the usual complaints about “spammers” and the regular complaints about auto-DMs. I also noticed a LOT of talk about unfollowing. (My response to all of that? Surely there’s more important things available from the whole wide world at our fingertips than *that*)
I watched discussions in the stream and through blog comments that talked about relationships, feeling used, anger over being unfollowed, and hate towards people regarding their choice of how they use a social platform.
I started wondering if the web has afforded us a false sense of confidence. I wonder if this confidence leads to a certain bravado that influences the way we behave towards others because we don’t actually have to physically face them. For example, if someone chose not to have a conversation with you at a large gathering would you grab a podium and announce to the crowd you disapproved?
We all have aspirations, goals, and intentions that guide our behaviour; a core belief system that influences our every action. Sometimes we live our life according to that “moral code” and sometimes we ignore it.
I choose to live my life online the same way I do offline. I aspire to live in a state of grace. I work at that daily. Just sayin’.
What do you think?
U2 Lyrics – Grace
Grace
She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace
It’s a name for a girl
It’s also a thought that changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything
Grace, she’s got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She’s got the time to talk
She travels outside of karma
She travels outside of karma
When she goes to work
You can hear her strings
Grace finds beauty in everything
Grace, she carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips
She carries a pearl in perfect condition
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things
Grace makes beauty out of ugly things
from Kathryn Jennex aka northernchick