FB always sends memory photos into my IN box... I usually just hit delete. I am not someone who lives in the past. However... it got me thinking... I have been creating in SL(Second Life ) now for 18 plus years. I have in that time travelled through a variety of learning experiences.
Second Life is a virtual world With the pictures I have taken over the years .. I have a record of how the technology has grown, how I have represented myself over the years with different avatars/looks, the friends I've made, those who have come and the many who have gone on to other "experiences' or have left the world as we know it.
I am not a young person anymore, I am not sugar coating anything... I married was widowed, and continued on my life "path" - I grew up ... gained life experiences, cried, loved, lost, and continued on.... SL provided me with a constant source of ideas for expressing my thoughts/feelings/ideas. it is a platform that was build for the users to utilize and tho' many saw it only as a game, there are many of us who actually live a part of our everyday lives in the virtual world.
Through all of it.. I got to know myself better. Technology has been a big part of my life. that said, I am not a big fan of how Ai is taking over everywhere .. I believe as good as technology is, it should not and cannot replace humanity..
I am seeing a world where instead of thinking for one's self, taking time for self education, experiencing the human world around us... there is a dependence on technology that is my mind is unhealthy...It is just a thought.
I live by - Nothing in life is forever - the only constant is change....
But sharing/caring and self discovery is not a technology... it is something personal and life changing, when we believe in our own worth and capabillities.
I have aged, in SL I can stay young, youthful and be whatever I want to be at any given moment... but the reality is, I will always be just a human being living each moment the best way I can. My visual signs of age, are like badges of honor... I earned the... I lived each day being Me... and I will leave this earth.. still being ME.
Is anyone else out there.. of similiar thought(s)?
Where ever you are, what ever you are going through.. you are not alone...
We are all ONE under the moon/stars/sun.
