Apologies to Friends no longer Friends

I recently downloaded a Facebook app that allows you to see who has “unfriended” you and perhaps even blocked you in the process.  While some of them come as no big surprises, there have been several that come as a shock.  I understand that social media friendships are different from “real” friendships in many respects, but perhaps they do give some insight into real life.

The way my mind works is quite peculiar.  I have self-diagnosed myself with Attention Deficit Disorder and perhaps even that is just a cop-out for have a disorganized mind and cluttered life.  People that I once interacted with on a daily basis can and do fade into the background as time progresses.   People that I see in person can do much the same, but I’ve found it to be more unlikely.

So there they drop, one by one, with the notification from the app that I’ve been unfriended.  I’ll usually check back to see what messages we’ve shared, since most of them are not within traveling distance.  And in several of these instances, there have been messages they’ve sent that were not returned….sometimes two or three.  My cluttered mind perhaps saw the messages when they first appeared, but for some reason or another, I hadn’t responded.

Perhaps social media itself has become a bit too much. My claim to 3,541 “friends” is a gross exaggeration to how many people I really know.  I continue to post two messages each day to give experience, strength, and hope to others suffering through difficult times and as reminders of where I’ve been in life.  Perhaps I need to close it out after doing so and call it a day. Just maybe there are people in real life that I need to be connecting or reconnecting with…I just can’t be sure.

Being self-centered, I also realize that the “unfriending” may very well have nothing to do with me.  It could just be that they’re deleting friends that they no longer interact with and are trying to thin out their lists.  Perhaps it would do me some good to follow suit and do the same.

So to the friends that have unfriended me, I offer a humble apology and realizing you most likely will never see this post, wish you nothing but the best.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.”