On the Way to Becoming Me

I must admit I've spent way too much time on Facebook this summer.  Confession...I have a Facebook tab up right now as I type this post.  It's not like it's a crime or anything, but IMO it is a total time sucker-upper (if there is such a word).  What is it about scrolling through your news feed, liking posts, watching videos and reading your friends' vent sessions that keeps us coming back each and every day, hour on the hour, minute by minute?  Why is it so addicting? I don't have a beef with social media.  Really I don't.  I use it, and I know it's what we do now.  It's cool!  But, part of me despises it for the hidden competition that it initiates.  You know...the #mylifeisbetterthanyours type of competition.  I call this the "Faces of Facebook."  I mean it's all really a facade, right?  We only see a snapshot of what our peeps want us to see, but this quick view can cause you to feel some kinda way...if you let it. ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote a post titled "My Love Affair with Winter."  Perhaps you read it, but if not check it out at some point.  It was my first post, and I think it was pretty good (if I do say so myself).  Anywho, in that post I used winter as a metaphor for the challenging times that we all face at some point or other our lives.  In this post, I want to reflect on something that you don't think will ever come when in the depths of winter....spring. Recently I was listening to my all-time favorite album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," and even though I've heard EVERY song about a gazillion times, one lyric in particular resonated with me on this particular day.  On the track, "Everything is Everything," L-Boogie spits out encouragement to listeners by simply saying, "after winter MUST come spring, change it comes eventually."  Wow! Did you take that in?  I mean, did you really let it seep deep down in your spirit?  You ...