Such a good response, thank you! I loved the last line. I was inspired to write this after frantically going back to check my facebook, trying to get that confidence boost which is so fleeting and unsatisfying. I decided I needed a break from it all, to leave facebook alone for a while. The internet is such a useful tool, such an incredible tool for spreading information, yet it is such a disempowering tool when misused. Facebook and other social media outlets know we want acknowledgment, we want reasurance from others that we are great. Yet when we look at social media for love and connection we get something so bland and disheartening instead- a like on a photos, more followers, someone sending us 'virtual hugs'... we can't touch that, we can't feel it and it doesn't really give us any real connection... just leaves us disconnected and craving more... We need to recognise how addictive and negative these technologies are. We need to look for a connection with people, with real interaction, and most importantly of all with ourselves... and we will never get that on social media!