Coffee. Early Morning Sunrise. Sadness
I know it is odd.
I know it is strange.
Mourning the loss of someone you don’t know in person. My alarm went off, the radio was playing Candle in the Wind.
It made me think of Princess Dianna. We all mourned. Someone who gave life her best under scrutiny. Most of us have never met her. Most of us had never talked to her. All of us knew her in one way or another and have been touched.
It is sad to think that her life had been taken to feed the media mongrel .
THAT WOULD BE US.
WE are the media. Insatiable and frenzied. She could not get away. She could not escape. Within all of this she still did her best to help and provide guidance with a kind heart. How does one remain vulnerable and strong in the face of frenzy?
About a week ago I posted on a “friend’s” wall on Facebook.. and I started to wonder… no comments, no updates… odd.. is he ok? I hope he is alright. How did I become attached to someone I don’t know?
As I was surfing this morning I found out our Social Media headway maker Perry Belcher has quit social media and he is creating a new life for himself. I am very happy for him. Grateful for the information that I received. Grateful for the path he had made.
A hole has been left. Many are left with loss of something you can’t put your finger on.
Like the death of Dianna. I asked myself how do we do this? Who will lead us now? What part did I play in this? Was it because of the things that I chose to read, watch or observe.. did it cause this social media car crash?
We are just scraping the surface of the internet iceberg as social networking is really just in its embryo. The world is revolving at faster and faster. Keeping up is incredibly dangerous and exciting. Growth and change online is explosive.
Having someone lead the way into the tunnel of social media is less scary than driving it all on your own. Having someone chase you while you lead is another matter. Now we must pick up where Perry left off and guide others in the way of being helpful, kind, educational and motivational.
Consider the guilt we felt when Dianna has gotten hurt. Would we have behaved differently? I would hope so. I know I felt sad for months afterward to think about what she felt and her life and what she experienced. I feel the same way about Perry. I am glad that he is ok and has just quit before anything more terrible has happened.
Hopefully you had time, you took notes and have studied before the education that Perry put together is taken off the internet as he indicated and you can create your own and show others how to help themselves.
So the questions I think we should ask ourselves is what can we learn from this? What can we do to help others while they are making a path for us? How can I do this myself? How can I show others what I have learned?
What if I didn’t do this? What will happen if someone else takes over? Who should that be? We can share the responsibility of making headway in this new community portal of understanding.
If you could tell Princess Dianna or Perry Belcher about how they affected you. Would you do it? What would be the kind words of thanks would you say?
Tell them here what you would say. Post it below and Let us know.
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