Being the Best Me I Can Be

One thing is clear: when many of us, myself definitely included, post things to Facebook, we do it in a way that is different than how we "post" things to real life. In other words, we say and post things that we probably would not if all of our Facebook friends were all gathered together at once. Facebook, and all social media, provides us a false sense of protection and maybe even anonymity that empowers us to behave in ways that is not true to ourselves, though it may be true to our false selves that we project.

We should approach Facebook as if every single one of our Facebook friends are going to take it in. All of our Facebook friends do not respond to what we put out there . . . but most of them will see it/read it, let it soak in, are blessed by it, offended by it, challenged by it, shocked by it.

Facebook is a wonderful thing. We get to keep up with people that we otherwise probably would not. We make new friends and reunite with old ones. We get to go on people's vacations with them and experience birthday parties that we would never be able to by looking through other people's pictures. We can even be prophetic and say things that other people might not be saying that help others see things in a new way.
But as we experience all the good things about social media, we need to be sure that we are projecting our true selves and that we are saying and doing the things we do in our non-Facebook lives (and vice versa). Facebook is not a different alternate, reality. Facebook is life: our lives. It is simply a way we live out our lives by connecting with others-a wonderful tool for us to use.

Seen in this light, social media can teach us many valuable lessons. Not only in Facebook, but in everything, we need to be the best me that we can be. So many factors and forces in our daily lives tell us how to be, what to say, how to dress, etc. We are created to be us and all the greatness that implies. I truly believe that we can only experience life at its fullest when we tap into who we truly are, deep-down inside. I need to be myself and be the best me that I can be.