The heArt of Mindfulness in Social Media

For a year and half, I stepped back from being an active participant in Social Media. For me, it was the perfect time to get some introspection on how to practice mindfulness in this web of connections. And what I found in my quest of inquiry, was that the conversations all around me and the photos that were being taken around me: were all parts of Social Media connections that were way too fast for me to be apart of. So I stepped back. I stepped back and observed, connected from a distant, absorbed all the information I could muster during that time and mindfully sat with it. And that was what I did. Now that most of my loves are far away from me, the only way I can truly connect with them is through Social Media. My mom constantly asks me, "We haven't seen your face or selfie on Facebook". We talk on the phone, we skype and all that, but I think; pictures are old school connection. And so I came back, but I came back with a fresher perspective on how I want to part take on all of this. Social Media is a place for me to share my Love Letters: nature, flowers, raindrops, poetry, storytelling, art, dance, theatre, plants, shadows, sun, moon, sky photos taken from my old school iphone 4s. For mom, dad, brothers, uncles, aunts, Carl, his family, old school friends - elementary, high school, university, and acquaintances from all the travels and places I've been and seen. These are my Love Letters. And I will simply create and share it with my LOVED ones and post them. 

I've heard so many times over and over and over again that "people are just posting and have nothing to do with their lives" Meanwhile we live in a time where inspiration is important. And that most of our friends who are posting, are actually creating change in this big.bad.ass world economy. These friends are working creatively, collaboratively and collectively all day, tirelessly working 2 to 3 jobs a day just to get by. I mean Social Media can be a source for knowing what is local and supporting friends who are starting up their own thing and going for it.  These are the friends who fulfill their passions and at the same time put a roof on top of their heads and food on their tables. With all this happening organically in Social Media, we become a UNIT of different people with warm hearts for one another. Supporting each others' dreams, hopes, problems and fears. So there is a positive side --a heArt warming side. And please remember that there are so many of us on Social media sharing our heArts n' Souls everyday in every post.

Photo taken while going for nature walks "Cotton.Candy.Sky" by Rose Cortez, while listening to "PowWow" by Tribe Called Red.

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