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Why do I do this to myself?

 

 

This time around I was on Facebook for 6 days before I decided it was bad for me.  The idea that I wanted to go back on at all came about because some acquaintances of mine on Facebook were in the vicinity of some of the huge fires that have been burning.  Of course I used that as an excuse to go back onto social media, even though I had discovered through other means that they were fine and only one had been evacuated from his home.  

The Lord has long whispered to me in my heart that social media is not a good place for me, and Father Hezekias told me to my face the same thing, I ignored them both several times but I'm thinking this was the last time I'll do that.  As I said right after I went back on this time around, Facebook gives me the heebie-jeebies.  I tried Twitter for about an hour yesterday, I don't like that at all.  I am on Instagram but that's not really all that interactive and just a place to share pictures back and forth with the few people I know there, along with some pretty nice Orthodox memes from a few sources, so that's actually a good place for me, plus I never get into arguments there and never swear or curse and it's generally just pretty nice stuff.  So follow me on Instagram if you want, I'll follow you back. :-)  

So, to answer the question in the title, why do I do this to myself?  I do it because I'm not very wise about how I spend my time, because I love to make a stir and get reactions to my posts, because I want to prove to myself that I really exist and that people know I'm alive.  But to get on social media and post provocative things to get a reaction is foolishness and proves only that I can make a fuss and get people upset at me.  Heck, I can do that anywhere :-)

So, I'm going to just be here for a while again, and maybe post things a bit less negative.  

On that note, today is the commemoration of Saint Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Charity (Love).  You can read the story of their martyrdom here. 

Saint Sophia, pray for us!



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