Love is patient
1 Corinthians 13:4
Social media encourages short interactions. Shorter comments, shorter blips, shorter peaks into peoples minds and lives. In this setting, it can be tempting to get frustrated with people as they don’t grasp our view in only a few short words. We tend to have more patience with laboriously writing out our own comments than sitting to read other people’s already expressed thoughts. When we read something which we perceive needs correction, do we stop to see if someone else has already corrected it adequately? Or do we just jump in and chew someone out and add disgrace upon disgrace? Being patient on social media means being willing to calmly explain ourselves as many times as is necessary. Being patient on social media means giving someone else the chance to explain themselves as fully as they may. Being patient on social media means not making rash comments, but waiting a while for either more information to come in, or for your own thoughts to simmer down. Being patient on social media means not sharing the first outrageous or bad news story that hits the tabloids (or the major news, you take your pick which one is typically more uninformed), but waiting for the story to come to full light first. Being patient on social media means not interrupting or dismissing someone’s comment or post. You can be short in words without being short in tone.
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