Lately the social media has been bombarded with
memes and posts about people wanting to escape.
I can't say I ever seriously wanted to run away. But
today I saw one on my page that said " I wonder if
I ran away , would anybody miss me ?" The post got
me to thinking, In this day and age as long as I had
internet service to answer texts and e-mails and such
I probably wouldn't be missed at all. At least until
the grass was over the fence. This could be part of my
blue funk situation. Not to sound melodramatic but
as we get, shall we say 'more mature' I see families
growing apart a little at a time. Maybe we sense
'crunch time' getting near and tend to try and do things
we feel we missed. Ok, maybe not everybody but I know
I both feel and fear it. Scary part is I see it and don't have
any idea of how to prevent it. Well enough spilling my
guts for one post. The reason this subject came up is we
have a friend that her husband has had some serious health
problems for some time. I just noticed tonight that she hasn't
been online for a couple weeks. I messaged her just now to
check and If I don't get a reply I guess I'll have to dig into
it a little deeper but the point is.. don't let people run away.
Maybe .. just maybe they are wondering if anybody will miss
them. It is a powerful thing just knowing that somebody cares.
Trust me If I ever run away I'll leave forwarding contacts on
every social page and nailed to every tree in the valley just in
case somebody ever says "Where'd that old coot go off to now?"
What a boost it would be to have somebody actually notice.
UPDATE: received a message from my friend .. every thing is
fine, just on vacation without internet (imagine that ) Couldn't
thank me enough for being concerned enough to ask about them.
See there.. people do care that people are concerned.
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