"I can quit anytime I want." That's the mantra of people in the denial stages of some addictions. We've been hearing about this thing called "internet addiction." Is it real? Nah. Just another made up disease to cover goofing off.
I've been using Yahoo email for a few years and have been quite pleased with it. Caveat: Read the privacy policy and realize that life is an open book. But that's a topic for another day.
But then something happened. For about 18 hours beginning yesterday evening my Yahoo email service ceased functioning. To their credit, that's the longest outage I've experienced since I've been using it. But it's a horrible feeling.
All sorts of things go through my mind. The Chinese test fired their own Stuxnet at our email providers. Yahoo, which has been on the market for a while, got bought out by Google and shut down. A virus!
I'm standing in a crowd. A cloud crowd, but it's still a crowd. Then I try to log in. And the crowd vanishes. I'm all alone in a deserted cellar.
I start getting nervous. There's so much that I need to send out, and so many jokes, photos and links on their way in. My correspondents must think I'm ignoring them. I start getting nervous. I feel aches and chills all over. I begin shaking. Then the delirium tremors set in. Insects start crawling up my legs, and before long they are all over my body. And they are growing! They grow into hideous monsters. I want to email for help, but I'm held down by the monsters. There is no communication with the outside world. The isolation. The smothering isolation. I won't make it through the night. This must be the end.
So, does that happen to you, too?
Anyway, Yahoo is back up, and it's all OK now. And I can quit anytime I want.
If we take the Psalms as a model for prayer, then we should certainly feel free, even obligated, to share with the Lord our frustrations and disappointments. Genuine prayer is not putting a happy face on our true feelings. If you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, or feeling afraid because you’re facing a serious illness, you should surely share these feelings with God in prayer. Being thankful in all circumstances does not mean pretending or denying.
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Posted by: treat | March 24, 2012 at 05:41 AM