A thought by Leonard Sweet (2012-03-13) from his
book, Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival (Kindle Location
143). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
Have
you ever watched The Voice on NBC on Monday night? If you haven’t, there are 4 celebrities who
have their backs to a person who is singing and if they want that person to be
on their team they push a button and then they are turned around to see what
the person looks like. They make their
choice just on their voice not on their looks.
You wonder sometimes if they wouldn’t have made their chose if they
would have seen what they looked like.
In our
need to connect so much is based upon our appearance. I think that is why in many cases social media
has been such a success. We may have
more confidence to connect with someone because they don’t know what we look
like. I know the danger in that but I also
know the deep loneliness and to many it is worth the risk.
We really
do need each other, we really do but we miss so many meaningful relationships
because of the way people look. I’ll be honest;
I have for many years played down the way I looked. I found that initially it would hurt me but
if I kept at it and put a smile on my face and a deep interest in people I could
connect with almost anyone. I said one
statement to a guy yesterday at Starbucks and he before he was done told me the
problems he was having at work. Another person
on the walking trail told me that her husband had a brain tumor. Another person said they needed another
job. Just one day and these people
needed to connect with someone who was really interested in them and what they
were going through.
One
very lonely person that I had never talked to after they had shared with me
their hurts said with tears in their eyes, “Thanks so much for asking.”
Somehow
people need us to look beyond how they look and really connect with who they
are. We really do need to do that.
So how
are you doing today?
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