Things aren't Always What they Appear to Be ~

This past summer on our wonderful road trip

I shared something with a friend, something I sometimes struggle with in my life.

To my surprise,

she immediately felt better about her own situation.

She was so glad to hear my life wasn't perfect!

I was so taken back, "why would you think my life is perfect?"

 Basically she was basing it on my Facebook posts.

I assured her my life was far from perfect,

I have struggles and challenges always, and we shared

some of those things with each other, privately.
Thank you sweet friend :-)

Friends are good like that.... I love that she shared how she saw it
if even just through Facebook :-)
 It really became important to me that people know
me life is not without challenges as that is not what I desire to project.

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To be clear, I have thought about it several times since.

I try very hard to not share negative thoughts or negative feelings on Facebook.

If someone upsets me I don't post it on Facebook.

You will not know if a friend has hurt me,

if I'm upset or disappointed with a family member.

If my hubstir and I have had a disagreement.

I try not to let people know when I have been let down.
I will not share financial worries.

 Yet all of these things have occurred or may occur.

 I will share on a negative subject if I believe it may help someone
by doing so.
Sometimes it's good to know we aren't alone in the muck.
Okay, I may share how over this hot weather I am.
Over and over and over, I may share it :-)

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Facebook for me is a place to keep up with my friends and family,

where I'm able to keep up to date on their children and grand children. 

A place I can follow road trips others take and live it vicariously through them.
Especially Judy and Elmer :-)  

Facebook for me is a big Namaw's brag book where I will flood you

with photos of my little loves and I will tell you how much joy they bring to my life.

I will post photos of my friends, because they are forever memories that I choose
 to relive often by a quick glance at a post I've shared. 

 It's a great way to share the memories with those in the photograph as well.

I will post photos of the beauty I often see, when I take the outside in.

Older people (such as myself), become much more aware of God's beauty each year we remain.

Anyone else notice this??

I will share my faith because it is what's most important in my life.

 Share, not insist you believe the same so please don't think otherwise, or feel you need to 

defend yours, or attempt to tear mine apart.

My page, my share :-)

I will share funny stories or thoughts, because humor is good for everyone!

So, life is not perfect based on the joy I share on Facebook or otherwise.

Many like myself choose to keep private things, well private.

Not everyone needs to hear my woes, my anger or my disappointments on Facebook

Not everyone needs to know when I've had a hard day or week, when some have hard lives.

The world has much to much negative to toss at us daily, I choose not to add  to it.

It will never mean my life is perfect.

I am not immune to fears, stress, worry or cellulite :-).

I'm living a real life, and that comes with stuff.

If something is happening in life I may ask for prayers for myself or for others.

If something is happening in your life, I hope you will ask the same from me.

We're all in this together.

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My intent is never to project a life other than what it is,
it's just a portion of my reality I share publicly .....

Problems, Joy and all other nouns that describe life,

 its what echos from my heart today  :-)