Goodbye Facebook, my old friend....

Well, I finally did it. I deleted my facebook. I was one of the original proponets of the social networking system... My senior year of high school, the facebook phenomenon began. I remember that I could not wait until I enrolled in a four year university so that I could get my school email account and, you guessed it, acquire a facebook account. Back then, you had to be a college student to be connected to the facebook world. I have spent the last six years on facebook. And to be honest, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. However, every now and again, I begin to wonder, "is this really how I should be 'engaging' people?" I mean, I know... it's definitely easier to keep track of all your friends and relatives via facebook, but is it really worthwhile? Relationships are essential in this life, so shouldn't we make it less about what's easy and more about really taking time and effort to engage people? I'm really just asking myself these questions. Maybe facebook doesn't consume much of your time at all. And maybe you can really utilize it as a helpful tool that serves as a springboard to deeper relationships. I fooled myself into thinking that I was delving deeper with folks via facebook because I was able to view status updates, look at photos, and send messages. But really, I think I became a tame stalker. So, today I said 'farewell' to an old friend: Facebook.