Friendship has been one of the areas
in which the extension of social networking has had the greatest impact.
The dictionary defines friendship as
"Personal affection, pure and selfless, shared with another person, which
is born and is strengthened by the deal". Maybe we should revise this
definition, or maybe not.
Today, thanks to Internet, we are
connected with our lifelong friends, and with the most recent ones. Friends who
have drunk with us many beers, and other ones with who we haven’t taken any at
all. Friends who were there in difficult times, and others that I’m sure they
will be there in the future. Friends who share likes, and others diametrically
different. Friends from the school, institute, college. Co-workers and family,
and in spite of it, folks. And some new acquaintances installed in the category
of friends, and may be they’ll be so, because of the definition.
From time to time we look askance at
the friends counter of our friends. Sometimes with curiosity, other times with
some envy, or indifference, or admiration. We are used to measure everything,
to quantify all aspects of life, as if the amount were the important, and
friendship doesn’t escape from this contemporary fashion.
Some people are even obsessed with
it. My new entry in Matifubol is dedicated to them, and to everybody in general.
Hope you like it: Breakfast at Les Deux Magots.
And thanks for being there, even if
you don’t feel like reading it. Or if you don’t like it.
Have a great weekend.
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