I struggled with whether I wanted to write about this because it is the most petty thing in the whole world, yet it has happened. It’s a life lesson, and after all, that is what this blog is about; life lessons.
A little while back, I put my Facebook personal page on “friends only” instead of public because of some personal medical issues I am dealing with. I shortened my friends list and took off all of those who never interacted with me anyway. I recently received some hard-to-swallow personal news, so I texted someone I thought was a friend. I discovered she put me on “silent” in her text messages. She wondered why she could not see my Facebook page, and I explained its on private, Facebook friends only. She has not been a Facebook friend for some time. After all, we could text directly anyway. After I revealed some tough news, I never heard back from her. So I went to her Facebook and discovered hers is now private, or at least I am limited. It really seems like a petty thing to do. My reason had nothing to do with her, but hers obviously had something to do with me. It’s strange because I know a lot of people whose page is a private page, and no one ever seems to get upset about that. We all have our reasons.
What really gets to me is that she never replied to my text messages, and the information I revealed to her was pretty hard for me. I thought she was my friend. Could someone get so hung up on my Facebook account that she missed the very personal message I sent her? Or did she decide she did not even care at all? I have to say, it’s pretty darned hurtful. It all takes me back to the reality that people are in our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. She is obviously just a “season” person, or even the reason is for me to learn that I can not share personal things with everyone, no matter how close I think they are.
This whole blog seems like it could be very childish, and it kind of is if it were not for the news I shared with her. Some things are serious, and they are too serious to have anyone just ignore them. So, there we have it. Moving on. It’s all I can do! Some people are just not meant to be in the harder parts of our lives, and that is so alright!
Lesson: When you are hurting, and you are “silenced,” you move on. They don’t care, period.
Loving you from here,
Dr. Rev. Jenine Marie Howry
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