Communication With A Cause – Impacting

The funny thing is that with social media (I feel, at least)… sometimes you may not directly see your impact. Things/feelings/articles/thoughts are shared so freely, sometimes the affect isn’t necessarily “seen”.

I think the important part of SM is the conversation/community that you have to intentionally develop. It is one thing to broadcast a message, but it is another thing to demonstrate that someone else’s opinion/feelings/thoughts are important and valuable to you.

I have really been pondering how to use my blog and my experiences better. I can’t get out all the time and do things. I am a mom and have special needs children. I homeschool. So I am impacting my family in a big way and I don’t always see my role as that, but it is very important. My family right now is my ministry and will continue to be until God tells me otherwise. However, I have time to blog. I have time to encourage. I have time to show God’s goodness through things like twitter and blogging and facebook. So I have really been pondering all of this lately. Right now I just try to encourage those who visit my blog. At first my blog seemed to attract women, but now I’m getting both men and women which is kind of odd to me. I don’t always feel like I have anything of benefit to say to men. It’s kind of a weird place to be. But I do think I have encouraged them or maybe made them think from a female perspective. Also, leaving comments…I think leaving comments on blogs is a way to encourage others too. Most people don’t realize what its like to have a blog sit empty and no one comments. I’ve been there and it sucks. so I try to do that as well.

Enjoyed the post. For me, I use social media as an opportunity to somehow affect those from my hometown who are still trapped in addiction by sharing the hope and freedom I now have. I also use it has an opportunity to express myself and to hopefully inspire others with what I may write, or what I have experienced.