I read about a lot of people who cut people out of their lives. Ending relationships and friendships is not an easy decision to make. For a long time I did that with one person I had a spiritual and historical connection with. Some folks change so radically and its not always in ones best interest to keep them around in your lives.
Dysfunctional relationships are painful and often times you have to end them. I really try to offer grace and patience in all the relationships I have with people but I have my limits. Relating to people means having some humility and finding out more about who they are. We live in a time of where personal issues or “drama” as we like to call it can be so magnified on social media and through technology that we make snap judgements about things. I am guilty of that as well as everyone else.
My hope is to keep as many friends as I can, do my best to be there for them and not worry about not being liked by everyone I know. The key thing is to be myself and to be the best person I can be. Sometimes quality friendships are more important than how many friends you have.
The Tony Burgess Blog 
Social Media, Tony, does seem to allow our thespian side to flourish when we torque up to tweet or update one’s status concerning issues of the day. Be those events consequential, or mere tidbit. And we’re apt to make a hash of it all when we forced to condense and feel the need to hashtag our short missives with categorical tags. Big data tribal drums can distort, so some feel the need to BOOM BOOM. ( As evidenced by this response ) The price of progress? Like LOL being so yesterday while, HaHaHa now swims with a more retro and congenial current. Get my drift.?
The human component of the Digital Revolution has been dysfunctional from day one and what makes drama dramatic is that it ain’t binary. People are more than…this or that.
But I’m optimistic. People will eventually adept to all this silicon stagecraft, and social media platforms will move to nuance and niche and our theatrical roles and “relationships” via the ether will be more empathetically refined. Or, more lemming like.
Regards,
Doug
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sometimes, distancing ones self from a person who is behaving in a way that’s toxic or emotionally abusive is necessary. I think we get the concept of unconditional love wrong sometimes. Love is unconditional, relationships aren’t. It’s loving to both parties to give distance in some cases. It’s true, social media can be a magnifying glass for any dysfunction or any conflict that people have. It could be a blessing, because it allows the behaviour to be seen and analyzed in a clearer way. So fascinating that we have this new social norm so we may all learn more about ourselves.
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#truth
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