Unfriend Yourself by Kyle Tennant

Author:Kyle Tennant [Tennant, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8024-7940-2
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2012-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Reunited

I came back after those two weeks abroad and was so glad to be home. They were by no means torturous weeks; I simply missed “my people,” those who know me best. Talking to them about the trip and the events that happened during my two weeks away gave me, as John would have it, a very full joy. The best part was looking them in their eyes, embracing after a few weeks apart. The sound of our laughter in the flesh was so much better than it was over Skype.

It was in that moment that I realized how very necessary face-to-face relationships are. It was also in that moment that I realized there is absolutely no replacement for “the real thing.” I looked to Facebook in my time away as a means to do a job it couldn’t do. I was lonely and let it drive me to a strange place of need and relational desire.

I don’t like Diet Coke because it just doesn’t taste like the real thing—and leaves a strange, plasticky aftertaste. Sure, there have been many times that I have tried to “settle” for a Diet Coke when there is nothing else available, but I always regret that decision. I always end up getting a glass of water afterward. Online community—an oxymoron, really—is like that. It’s just not as good as the real thing and leaves a gross aftertaste. At the end of the day, there is no replacement for the real thing—in-the-flesh togetherness.

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