I recognize the reaction well----wanting to shut down, pull the covers over my head, disappear into dreams: I'm overwhelmed by too many choices, not too few. Though I am curious about what's going on in others' lives, as I scroll down the Facebook page to see what they have posted I feel almost as if I'm being swallowed by all the show-and-tell, and my throat constricts. Rather than causing me to want to share of myself, I want to hide. . . Why? Because I see these people----not as they picture themselves in the shared photos or in the descriptions of their activities----but as I am here, staring at the computer screen, distracted from what is real, missing relationship, suddenly feeling lonely.
I think I'll take my neighbor some flowers!
