DIOR !!!! friendship vs. networking, and my retreat from FB

Van 0907-Bucharest-July2009

Dior! A powerful brand in fashion industry. Tonight, we watched a documentary about the guy, and about how much he valued friendship, and what friendship ment to him and his friends.

It was touching. Obviously, Christian Dior wouldn't have been alive without his friends: he was seriously ill when young, and his friends raised money to get him healed, even though they were in need of money themselves. Heartwarming.

I'm afraid this kind of friendship is dead. It no longer exists but in my heart. For me, I prefer to die if I can make my friend live. Friendship is for me of the highest importance. Which also means I have little real friends, of course, only the really connected ones are in the circle of my heart. 

But nowadays (I know I might sound like an old fool) friendship is replaced by networking. Sharing the ups and downs of chainpersons in your network. Giving and taking and hoping to benefit. 

With all due respect, this is not the kind of friendship that is in my heart. Facebook is the best example of this social networking. As a test, I was connected to it for a month or so, to see how it goes. It was really disappointing, a total waste of time, with only few exceptions. I left it, of course ... and no doubt my subscription will live forever?

Meanwhile, I count my blessings ... my partner HL, my (few) real friends, and I gently but firmly decided to stop adding new internetfriends, as a general rule, with only few exceptions. I eagerly joined internet in its first years, nowadays I try to shelter myself from it, to a certain extend.

How are you feeling about this topic? What is your idea about friendship and networking and socialising in the facebook-manner? Let me know :-)

huggies,

PAULBAVO

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