Lonely Days, Lonely Nights…Where Would I Be With My Facebook?

Lonely Days, Lonely Nights…Where Would I Be With My Facebook?

John Ortberg in his book, Everybody’s Normal Till You Get To Know Them, writes of The All Better Book, in which elementary school children are asked some of the world’s biggest problems. One question posed:

“With billions of people in the world, someone should be able to figure out a system where no one is lonely. What do you suggest?”

Some responses…

“Make food that talks to you when you eat. For instance, it would say, “How are you doing?” and “What happened to you today?”  Max, age 9

“We could get people a pet or a husband or a wife and take them places.” Matt, age 8

But the one response that touched Ortberg – and the one I haven’t been able to forget…

“Sing a song. Stomp your feet. Read a book. (Sometimes I think no one loves me, so I do one of these.)”     Brian, age 8

Connecting and belonging. We all want to know that someone cares if we got out of bed this morning.

Loneliness is a slow painful death of a soul. We were created for community. What else can explain the recent rise of interpersonal communication?

Texting, e-mails and even Facebook.

Today connect first with your God, then family, friends, then reach out and touch a stranger.

“It is not good for man to be alone…”  Gen. 2:18.

Your smile or kind word may not change the world, but it might change someone’s world — for the better.

Check out my Jan. 29 column on my Facebook experience.

For another column based on John Ortberg look in October 2007 archive