Do you want Facebook Friends or Real Friends?
Happy New Year
I wish you all a year full of warmth, caring and love. The new world way is a compassionate, loving way. Let’s promote and spread that frequency by connecting with friends more often. Facebook in no way replaces personal contact. It’s too impersonal and doesn’t make anyone feel as if they’re special to you. Are Facebook friends real friends?
If you’re anything like me, people you talk to all the time are easy to remember. It’s the more occasional friends that can slip into oblivion. You know — the ones when you suddenly realise that six months or more have slipped away since you last saw them.
That’s often why we get into a frenzy of catching up at the end of the year. Turning what should be fun into a stressful experience. We try to crowd into two months the catching up that could have been spaced out through the year. (‘Oh my gosh, has it really been that long…?’)
What I do is keep reminders on my calendar to get in touch with Sue in one month from the last time. John in six weeks’ time. And I’ll remind myself to see this lot of friends as a group in, say two months, giving them a bit of lead time before the designated date.
List of Friends
I also have lists of people who would go well together if I invited them for a BBQ, not only because they’ve already met. I’ll always introduce one or two people who are unknown to the group. Who will have something in common with the others. That way, they get to meet new friends through me! The prompts on my calendar remind me it’s time to organise a get-together. Facebook friends or real friends
I prefer to wish someone a happy birthday with a card well before the date. This lets them know I’ve personally thought of them, not just because Facebook reminded me.
It’s that personal touch that lets people know you really care that creates warmth.
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