Keeping current

Are you hip to all the technology that's emerged in the last few years? The social media stuff? Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linked In, Plaxo . . . and on and on and on. It's crazy!

I've recently become more aware of these opportunities to communicate, and I'm learning. At the same time, I'm looking at these as a metaphor for all of us. The need to keep current.

By that I mean, to keep current in our lives. To stay conscious. It's so easy to go on auto pilot, to get into a routine, to get into a rut. Do you find yourself doing that? It's comforting to depend on certain things staying the same every day. You don't have to recreate the wheel. You don't have to think.

Ah, but in some areas of life, that is the slippery slope. That can turn into apathy, or taking things for granted. Or taking people for granted. Or just not keeping current with our own personal growth.

Personal growth, from my point of view, is about experiencing deeper and deeper levels of awareness and freedom. I think it is New Hampshire's saying, Live Free or Die. To some extent, I think this is true for each of us. If we are not growing, we are dying. So, keeping current helps us to keep growing. A friend of mine, who has passed away, used to always greet me with, "Keep Up!" It was a reminder to pay attention and keep current.

So, dear, dear friends, keep current. Keep up. Keep growing. And, keep loving.

Love,
Andrea

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