One in a Million?
I don’t know why I bother to write. With the internet now, everyone seems to think they’re an author. The plethora of blogs, forums, and articles form an endless sea of things to read and comment on. It’s become like the greeting card industry – why write it yourself when there are so many pre-written cards that say it better? I’m sure that for whatever I want to write I could just as easily fish around online for awhile and find someone else’s well-written essay on the topic to post a link to instead. But it’s not just writing that’s come into thick “competition” these days. Now, your very face must compete for the attention of your hundreds of Facebook “friends” who are also vying for the attention of their hundreds or thousands of friends. “I wonder how many people saw my post?” “Why do their pictures always get so many more ‘likes’ than mine?” “Oh, now this is something I bet people will respond to!”… Our pond has grown. You are just one fish among an increasing number ...