Twitter kick-starts my
day.
After my early morning
meditation, if I am not on silent mode; and after paying my dues at the pot, I
usually go to twitter for a trot. Suddenly, the world opens up, like a pinch in
the butt. Usually, it is someone somewhere letting out his or her crap. As a
counter point, a few gentle souls whisper sweet “nothings”, hoping to catch
somebody’s ear “out there”. It’s a “mixed-up” crowd here, on twitter. Luckily,
as I have come to know, over time, the do-gooders out-twit the “crap” shooters.
It’s akin to watching
ticket-less, the world “pass” us by, without necessarily saying hi. Once in a
while, if one is lucky and feeling cocky, one is able to trap a gadfly. That
is, one is able to counter punch a below-the-belt hooker. Though tit for tat
following un-following is common, there are many a quid pro quo friendly
encounters too. Some touchy, over-the-top gung-ho evangelicalism inevitably
crops up now and then, but many a sane voice too has its say on twitter.
Considering my foot to
mouth luck these days, after a little over 1100 days in “active service”, I yet
have some 11, 000 friends on Twitter. Whether they “follow” me with any good
intention or attention, is any fool’s wild guess. Since I value my sanity, I
just count my blessing than my woes. But my sense of humour keeps me on my
toes.
However, humour,
especially about religion and god, my beta noire, is missing in large parts on
Twitter. Poking fun with unfunny intentions is not humour, by the way. Few
pretentious twits are purchasing followers too; some in hundreds of thousands.
Many glum faces, too busy selling their wares to run with the hare, are also
here. They obviously do not really care about befriending the “lesser” lot. Too
many self-proclaimed gurus also tout their twitch on twitter.
Yet, overall, here, good
guys are able to crinkle their noses at the wise guys. Perhaps this is what one
enjoys. Anything extra or by the way by-product, could be “manna” from God.
Being a spiritual person,
I hope it is.
Here’s wishing all a happy
tweeting, my friends, in 2013. May we all be a little more caring,
compassionate and little less country-specific in the coming year. For, amongst
its many blessings, social media platforms, especially Twitter, have made us
all a citizen of the world. Enough said.
