Distance Is Only As Far As You Make It

In this day and age of cyber-living, one can do almost everything from their own home, via computer. You can order groceries, gifts, even stamps by means of online shopping. From school age children all the way up through adults seeking to ‘go back to school’, are taking courses through distance learning at online schools. We can find information about anything and anyone on the internet. Consultations are available from a wide assortment of professionals, and teleconferencing has become a necessity for business in this day and age. You can watch your favorite TV shows, movies, and home videos of Uncle Bob’s fishing trip online, listen to music, learn how to dance, play piano, or even decide if scuba diving is really for you! Social media venues such as Facebook, Myspace, and even Twitter have brought together more friends and even lovers than anyone can accurately calculate.

It is no longer only ‘geeks’ and the socially shy and reticent that stay chained to their computers nearly 24/7.

Many of us blog, shop, socialize, share photos, and update our ‘status’ numerous times a day, nearly every day.

I have always prided myself (and often tripped myself) on being very real. No head games, no make-believe, no pseudo anything. Authenticity is a mantra I do my best to live by and a label I wear with pride.

So how is it, that I have found the most REAL intangible treasures online without any of the tangible realities that I usually gauge by? How can I have made true, supportive, loving, funny, smart friends within 140 characters or less? How can some of my online chat buddies have become true family to me?

The answer is as simple as it is intangible and elusive.

Distance is only as far as you make it.

How many of us have been at a party, crowded full of people and felt lonely? How many of us have been sitting or sleeping right next to our significant other and yet never felt more alone?

As corny as it may sound, it is very true that the distance between two hearts cannot be measured in terms of physical distance. True connection is made between the spirits and souls of people, not by a measured mile radius.

My online friends are as varied as they are wonderful. From a magickal mom in Nebraska, to an inspiring author (& mom) in New York, an astrologer in yet a different area of New York, to entrepreneurial moms in CA, Colorado, and New York, college students in Canada, Europe, and the US., actors, actresses, writers….amazing Ladies AND Gentleman who grace the internet – and my life – with their brilliance, creativity, kindness, inspiration, and unique selves.

Together we raise money for charities, inspire each other as well as strangers with words of encouragement, we share a laugh, a smile, and sometimes even tears. While we may never meet in person, we share our lives through photos, honest dialogue, and most of all, through true sincere connection and compassion.

It may not be logical, measurable, tangible, nor local….but friendships are as real as we make them….and often as easy as a ‘tweet’ away.

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