RELATIONSHIPPED

In 1996 there was a study done in the United States (exploring belonging and social connection) where the researchers asked, “HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU FEEL CLOSE TO…CLOSE ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULD SHARE YOUR PERSONAL PROBLEMS?” The Answer was 4. The exact same study was done just a mere eight years later in 2004. THE ANSWER WAS: 1
25% answered 0 which means that 1/4 of the population in the United States feel they have NO ONE TO TALK TO. . .

Do you want to know what the most scary part of these two studies are? Those studies were done 15 and 23 years ago. . .

Can you seriously imagine
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
which was viritually nonexistent
and a wisp of a shadow
what the results of such a study
would fare today,
March 29, 2019. . .

Who would have thought that
W E
are the
LITTLE THINGS
(way more than
Social Media
Technology
Pharmaceuticals
Scientific Discoveries
Medical Advances)

A few years ago there was a commercial that represented,
GO TO MEETING. COM
and their mantra was so powerful
I still remember it years later
because I thought
I T
to be
THE CURE
for a lot of the World’s Ill’s;
THE HEALER
of most all shattered
R E L A T I O N S H I P S:
WHEN YOU GO FACE TO FACE,
YOU CAN’T HELP BUT TO SEE
EYE TO EYE

T H A T ‘ S G E T T I N G
R E L A T I O N S H I P P E D

ONE DAY
hopefully one
not so much found on a
c a l e n d a r
but in a heart
will pulsate
u n c e a s i n g l y
that it’s never
pharmaceuticals
medical advances
scientific inventions
therapies
interventions
technologies
or any forms of
social media
(present or unfolding)
that heal us. . .
IT’S RELATIONSHIPS

G E T T H A T

and yes,
Y E S
You’ll have been
RELATIONSHIPPED
. . .and it’ll not only last. . .
IT’LL WRECK EVERY STUDY
(for an ever)