Notes

In today's digitized, clout-driven society, doing something that makes zero social impressions and has absolutely no reach is nonsensical. The social-media generation of individuals like myself spends a meticulous amount of time to adjust, then re-adjust their posts, in an attempt to present a "perfect" product that will generate the greatest number of likes and comments. Hours are exhausted creating catchy, comment-worthy captions and fitting fantastical, face-smoothing, and foolishly fake filters all with the hope of "captivating" an oxymoronically 'online, yet off-line' audience. They don't see the invisible shackles tethering their iBeing to their iPhone. The taps on their apps are starving their souls, imprisoning their purpose, and confining them to their iCloud prison. In the end, the galaxy they were promised was just another fantasy. And still...many will continue to hook up to their IV bag of "AppleJuice" to falsely hydrate their soul with a euphoric splash of likes. What they do not realize is that they are filling their being that is porous, how long can it sustain them until reality wrings them out? How long until they see that they're trapped in stimulation. Living like a Pavlovian dog, salivating at the sound of that ding thinking they are being satisfied.

I know better than to succumb like the rest, but for some reason I still do it.

This is my why. I refuse to allow my meaning to be found in an insignificant reach from an even more insignificant external audience. I want to create honest, meaningful, and life-giving posts on an unseen website. To the world, it is an outright absurd endeavor. For me, I want to challenge the norm. But I also want to challenge myself. God gave me an appetite for more than the fruit of just one tree. He calls me to delight in all that He has made and to enjoy it. I live not for the created, but for the creator.