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Sunday, April 13, 2008
How social are you?
"The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few..or the one" - Spock (Star Trek II)
Do you consider yourself a social person? Today we have social networking tools, blogging, instant messaging, emails, cell phones. Everyone no matter where in the world is literally a click away. We are social beings, we enjoy the comfort of others.
But what does it mean to be 'social'. Is it simply being friendly?. Does he/she with the most friends on facebook win?..I don't think so.
Consider the case of my aunt Mary, who is using attempting to raise $5,000 to fight cancer. Here we have, I believe, what it truly means to be social. It is the power of society, to use social networking, and related tools to spread a message, a message to help others, to understand that we live within a complex structure of people.
People, who are just as deserving as you or I, but, who have been dealt a different set of cards in life. When we take time to consider the needs of others, yes that is a start to being social..and when we take action to help others, to help society. When we realize that we are all individuals interdependent upon one another..the world we live within, and the creatures we live with...it is only then that we can truly consider our selves "social".
So my challenge is this, instead of trying to have more friends then your neighbor on facebook, or more people in your 'group'. Take a lesson from my aunt, find a way to use the technology we have today to help fulfill the needs of the many.
Please give, we are all social beings, in a social world, and thus the benefits of giving will return to you tenfold. - The law of Tenfold return
Spread the Message -> Join Mary's facebook group
