Lost in a Fog

Ever walk through a crowd and try to figure out what the person next to you is thinking?

Wonder why the guy with the scowl on his face couldn't even turn around and apologize when he almost knocked you over?

How about the old lady who left her garbage in a shopping cart for someone else to clean up?

Or the teenager who skidded through the parking lot almost hitting your car?

It's a strange world we live in now........We are so connected to anyone, anytime, anyplace. Yet, we are so far removed from the reality going on around us every day. We can look on Facebook and find out what our cousin is cooking for dinner. We think wow, we are really linked in to everyone's lives, that is great!

But are we? So Joe Schmoe is having meatloaf for dinner. Who is he having it with? Did he enjoy cooking it? Did he buy a frozen meatloaf because his wife just left him and he doesn't know how to cook? AHA - that might be why he was too preoccupied to notice that he bumped into you while paying for the frozen meatloaf he doesn't want to eat but has to so his kids don't notice their mom is gone.

What about Suzy Homemaker with the new baby? The baby is beautiful, the parents are beautiful, and life is just going great! But is it? Maybe Suzy is so afraid and tense and scared she feels like throwing that baby out with the bath water. She is so afraid that she doesn't even see the garbage in the shopping cart and hurries back to the car. She keeps putting one foot in front of the other hoping for a better day.

Cool as Cucumber Kevin just got a new set of wheels for his 18th birthday and wants to show them off to his girlfriend. He stops off to buy her some flowers. But as he pulls in the lot he gets a call from his mom that his dad is in the hospital and has two hours to live. He speeds away and doesn't realize he almost hit your car. He can only see his fathers face.

Those are the real things going on in your friends and neighbors lives. From the front porch looking in - life is great. Post on Facebook some funny antecdotes and connect with your long lost friends. What a farce! Do the people that are your "friends" really care if you like nose rings? NO! It's like standing there listening to random thoughts and "feeling" connected when what they should be doing is talking to real live people and connecting!

Everyone around us has a story to tell! Every man, woman, and child is fighting a battle of their own. Each person that appears perfect on the outside has fallen apart and is fighting to hold it together now.

Do you know?

Do you care?