Connections

INCIDENT:
I was walking across campus as classes where letting out. As a walked past a stream of people, several were talking with one another, while others were on their cell phones. And it occurred to me that people want to be connected. As the internet explodes with social networks, blogs, shared databases, wikis, etc., perhaps it is all because we inherently want to feel connected with someone even if that connection is anonymous or without obligation.

MORAL:
I certainly have the desire to be connected with others. I think it has something to do with feeling accepted or perhaps affirming yourself and your choices. There is a level of comfort and reassurance from the support or even the simple presence of others. On the grander scale of things, we are all going through the same things - joy, tragedy, loss, admiration, inspiration,.... And that is forever comforting.