I have a twitter account. I opened an account last year so I can follow my favorite dance crew. I followed them for months. I send them tweets, but I never receive a single reply from them. They replied to their friends' tweets and to celebrities' tweets but not to my tweets. I also send tweets to other celebrities as well, and again I don't receive any reply from them. I kept asking myself, "Have they seen my tweets?" or "Is there something wrong with my tweets?" They can see their friends' tweets or the tweets of their fellow celebrities but why can't they see my tweets? I was hurt that I stopped following them. I was thinking, maybe they don't reply to ordinary or unknown people like me. Maybe if I'm Oprah Winfrey, I would surely get replies from these celebrities. Do they know that a single simple reply is worth more than a million bucks to their fans? They don't have to spend a single dime for this, it only requires their HEART to reply. But I know that not all celebrities ignore their fans' tweets. There are still some celebrities out there who would gladly reply to their fans' tweets.
I prayed and complained to the Lord about this. I reflected on this experience, and these are my reflections:
1. How many times do I ignore people that I meet every day just because they're so ordinary, such as the security guards, the janitors and those people who are not good looking. They're like invisible to me. I realize now that in a way, I'm also like those celebrities who didn't see or ignored my tweets.
2. Every person in this world, no matter how ordinary or simple they may be is a unique and an important human being.
That twitter experience has enlightened my conscience. Every day, when I go to my workplace, I now smile to the security guards and the janitors, and when I'm not in a hurry, I tried to chat with them. I now try to put myself in their shoes.
I realized that before I follow any celebrity, I should follow the Lord first. I don't need Twitter, Facebook or cellular phones just to contact Him. He is available more than twenty four hours a day, and more importantly, He loves me and appreciates me just as I am.
- Mary June D.
I prayed and complained to the Lord about this. I reflected on this experience, and these are my reflections:
1. How many times do I ignore people that I meet every day just because they're so ordinary, such as the security guards, the janitors and those people who are not good looking. They're like invisible to me. I realize now that in a way, I'm also like those celebrities who didn't see or ignored my tweets.
2. Every person in this world, no matter how ordinary or simple they may be is a unique and an important human being.
That twitter experience has enlightened my conscience. Every day, when I go to my workplace, I now smile to the security guards and the janitors, and when I'm not in a hurry, I tried to chat with them. I now try to put myself in their shoes.
I realized that before I follow any celebrity, I should follow the Lord first. I don't need Twitter, Facebook or cellular phones just to contact Him. He is available more than twenty four hours a day, and more importantly, He loves me and appreciates me just as I am.
- Mary June D.
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