Article October 20, 2014 Issue

A clearer view of friendship

Lizzie Witney

One evening as I was sitting at home scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I realized that this was something I’d gotten into the habit of doing far too often. It’s easy to get involved in the emotional hype that people’s online updates seem to offer. Often I’d open Facebook as a relief from work or study, or simply to escape boredom or loneliness.

I was also aware that as I sought a more spiritually based lifestyle, I was growing distant from many of my friends. Facebook can be a great way to connect with others who are on a similar journey, but I often used this as an excuse to waste away hours of the day.

As I closed the Web browser, I remembered the paragraph from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures that begins: “Would existence without personal friends be to you a blank? Then the time will come when you will be solitary, left without sympathy; but this seeming vacuum is already filled with divine Love” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 266).

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