{"id":17292,"date":"2011-11-12T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17292"},"modified":"2011-12-02T03:37:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T08:37:25","slug":"why-you-dont-see-warnings-on-my-facebook-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-you-dont-see-warnings-on-my-facebook-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you don’t see warnings on my Facebook page"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Try to not pay attention to the screaming baby in the corner, just try<\/p><\/div>\n

I wrote yesterday that a friend called me out<\/a> for removing a hurricane warning he’d posted on my Facebook wall. \u00a0His point was he was merely doing a massive shout out for prayers to divert the storm. \u00a0My point was the storm posed no threat, so why even mention it? \u00a0Putting something on my wall is like painting the words on the side of my house. \u00a0Paint whatever you want on the side of your own house, but when people drive by my house, I want them only to see the messages I want them to see. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What’s written on the wall plants an idea in the minds of people that see it. \u00a0A feel good message gives a different feeling than a warning. \u00a0“Warning” about something is like someone walking into a classroom of mothers with their infants, except this mother\u2019s infant has its arm ripped off and it\u2019s squirting blood and he\u2019s screaming and the Mother is telling the others: \u00a0\u201cThis does not have to be your experience. \u00a0You can create a different reality.\u201d<\/em> Not so easy to do, is it, when you\u2019ve had such a strong image splashed in your face, with the attendant sound and emotions? \u00a0\u201cThis doesn\u2019t have to be your experience.\u201d<\/em> And yet it\u2019s more likely to be their experience NOW than before she walked into their class.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s been brought to their attention that something they never thought about is a real possibility. \u00a0Now they think, maybe for the first time, \u201cthis might happen to me.\u201d \u00a0 Now they have something startling to recall vividly and consider over and over again as possibly their future experience. \u00a0 No matter what she said afterward. \u00a0Kind of like telling the jury to disregard a statement they heard the witness make. \u00a0 They now give greater importance to the statement than they may have otherwise. \u00a0 They are certainly not going to disregard it, because now it is prominent in their mind. \u00a0She\u2019s highlighted it for them. \u00a0So, placing on my Wall a warning about a story that my intuition (and the hurricane forecast) tells me is no threat, is simply bringing a screaming baby into the room for no reason.<\/p>\n

When I’m on Facebook, I’m there for relaxation, winding down and fun. \u00a0I appreciate my many activist friends, but I hide their posts about animal cruelty, political unrest, and media reports about the economy. \u00a0I am on the relaxation segment of my day, \u00a0not the bad news gathering segment. \u00a0I am looking for things to please me and make me smile and feel connected. \u00a0I know animal cruelty exists. \u00a0I don’t feel it’s my job in this lifetime to tackle that cause. \u00a0It does not please me to read about it. \u00a0What I want on my wall are things that please me and make me smile so hopefully others can smile and be happy for a moment as well. \u00a0I like to string together as many of those moments as I can. \u00a0So, when someone posts a “warning” on my Facebook wall, I’ll read it before deciding to keep or delete it. \u00a0And yes, all screaming babies will be deleted.<\/p>\n

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