judge not!

(Here's another old post I never posted....here's the updated version!)
The world inside a child's imagination is like a white canvas waiting for the paint to be applied. They understand that there is no need to be timid; bold strokes embody what it means to paint, to be an individual. An artist once told me that to be able to put a big amount of paint on the canvas and leave it there takes courage. Sometimes we make a bold statement and then try to take it back, or want to say something bold but we hold it back. We are worried about what others will think of what we have to say, and believe they will immediately judge us for our words. When we speak out loud we can only backtrack, but when we type (or text) we can write, rewrite, delete and then rewrite again.  The social media of today plays to theses strengths. Facebook and Twitter make it easy to talk with someone, and in a sense get to know them without ever seeing them, or talking face to face. What was wrong with calling a girl to ask her out, or going over to someone's house to see them, or talk to them? Now  the world says texting is all you need! Don't get me wrong, I agree that texting and Facebook are great and can be very useful in our modern world. What I am trying to get at is, just because we live in a modern world with the internet on our phones and social media sites, does not mean that other things have become old fashioned, but have fallen into disuse. Those methods work too! What we call "Snail-Mail" today worked very well for a long time; they wouldn't keep it around if it was completely useless, would they?
There was a CES Fireside tonight at 6:00 and the General Authority who spoke talked about how talking face to face is better than the virtual world. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from this past October General Conference about how we should make virtuous friends, not virtual ones.
Thanks for listening to my rantings once again! haha