Well… it’s hard to believe that I have been doing this Pastoral thing for about A month and a half. The hard part is that it already feels like I’ve been in my church for about a year. But that is not in a bad way at all.
Needless to say, the busy-ness of life is starting to get to me. My life feels like it’s becoming all work and no p(l/r)ay. I am looking for a meaningful escape from the weekly routine. I don’t have a daily routine which is why i’m getting more drained. My body can’t find a grove and naps aren’t helping.
I think that part of my work-o-holic tendencies come from the fact that I have little to no friends in the area. As a result, my days are filled with that which relates to my Job. It helps that the people I work with are fun and exciting, easy to get along with; this makes me delve even more into the realm of work.
But I’m feeling trapped all at the same time. I mean 98% of the people I associate with on a regular basis are attached to the church. The others are family. I feel like i need to get to know people outside of the church. But not just because of the whole feeling trapped thing; but because I see it as part of my Job. I don’t feel like I know anyone over the age of 12 in the community. (I work with kids)
I don’t know how to finish the thought… but maybe the approximate 141 people who visit my blog might have some advice.
So, Many of you know… because I told you. I am a Facebook addict! I love facebook, it has become a form of communication. I no longer get e-mail, I get notes via facebook.
In Fact, I am such a facebook addict that I started a competition with a friend to see who had more “friends”. For a while we were neck and neck, but then I stopped trying, and he started. His friends doubled. I lost. But who’s counting?
Exactly. Who IS counting?
Today, I signed into my account as usual, but something was different. I had an invitation to an event, a friend request, and what’s this? something new!?! I noticed that I had been added as a top friend! A Top Friend?!?!!!
So here is the deal, Facebook has added ‘applications’ to their website. What this means is that other companies can put together add-ons which facebook users can use. It’s sort of like a widget. One of the applications allows you to not only Count your friends, but rank them! The application’s tag line is “Top Friends, Because your friends need to know where they stand”.
I’m sorry, but is that how materialistic and petty we have become. Now I realize that this is merely for fun. But I would argue that it represents a larger picture in our society. It is in fact a social commentary. We are so desperate for meaning, that we have moved beyond “who has the nicer car/tv” to “who has more friends”.
I Mean we’ve all done it, I’m guilty. Whenever someone mentions facebook, we always mention how many ‘friends’ we have. Does this really change or revolutionize our life!!?