Challenge accepted.

Every now and then we get a reminder that we are all just human beings: weak, fragile, humble and not immortal. Usually it happens to people who take things for granted or simply don't have the time to take a moment to appreciate things that they have in life, because most of the time good things in life are free and come to you, if you just let them come to you.

There are weak and there are strong people. But, in the end, people handle things differently. There are people who don't have food on the plate or water to drink and they are still thankful to be alive. Then there are people who can't get a new iPhone as a Christmas gift and they think their life is over. It's all proportional in this world, unfortunately. And for as long as there is going to be two kinds of people, the world will be an insane and unsafe place filled with misery and unhappiness.

Some people are lucky and they don't get challenged by life almost never. Then there are those who get challenges on a daily basis. I think it's all about the attitude. Maybe a bit of luck is involved, but are people really lucky or do they create their own luck? Once again, it's all about choices, I say. It's a chain reaction.

You make wrong choices. You make right choices. Sometimes you make too many wrong choices, but this is how you learn to appreciate right choices. If you would only make right choices, you would learn nothing in this life, because there is no such thing as "only right choices". You need to make the wrong choices to become a person who you are meant to be. You will meet wrong people, you will make wrong choices in your career, school, area where you live etc. Yes, you will. Unless you want to live in a box and never come out of it.

How do I do it? Lately I really like my box. I hide in it every now and then and when I feel like going out of it, I get out, but usually I get back faster than when I get out. People find comfort in alcohol, sports. drugs, partying, traveling etc. I find comfort in work. When something is wrong, I tend to work usually 170-200 hours a month with only a few days off to clean the apartment and shave my mustache. When you start to get a feeling that you're losing it, you just have to do something about it. Work keeps me going. Because when things get tough (in your head most of the time anyway), you are scared to stop and look around. This is when you start to think that things should or could be different, if I would have done this and this then and then. And then you start to make this chain of thoughts and you get that feeling that you wasted a decade of your life on useless things. But then you calm down, you try to tell yourself that we always learn from things and people, even though some of them are not there for you anymore, but this is how life works. Just accept it and wait for the sun to shine once again.

Delete. Remove. Unfollow. Unfriend.

About 8 years ago our lives changed. Social media took its first try to take over our real life, smart phones came along and most people forgot what the phone is actually for.

I am an old-fashioned person. I love talking on the phone and I could do it for hours, but a lot of people prefer messengers, texts or just memes (are you still following?).

I am registered on two social services, but that is to keep in touch with people who live abroad and have no possibility to call or text because it's too expensive. The other one I keep for connecting with people through chat or to keep up with the events and communities.

Ever since social media got into our lives, things have changed. It's as easy to become a part of somebody's everyday life as to delete, remove, unfollow (is that even a word?) or unfriend them. Some people hold grudges because of somebody erasing them from their lives as if they were best friends for life. Then again there are people who use social media to stalk other people because they don't have a life of their own. I could like every single post and share them with my friends, but what is the point in this? I could share my breakfast and dinner pictures, but what for?

I try to use social media for sharing music and funny things to spread positive vibes and make fun of myself.

The other day I noticed that a friend of mine who I have known for nearly a decade disappeared from my news feed because usually he posts every day something. And then I noticed that I am no longer his "friend". We don't live in the same city and we kept in touch from time to time through the messenger, but I suppose this was a sign that he doesn't need me to be a part of his life anymore.

I mean, what am I supposed to do? It is just a social media provider, who cares, right? To be honest, I felt bad for a moment, but I don't want to take things personally, because we add and remove people all the time, but however, if they are important to us, we have memories and they will always remain in our hearts. I am sure some of you have added and removed, been added and removed by someone important, but since when this has become an issue? Why not pick up the phone and call your friends, relatives, the loved once? For a moment I thought about calling him, but I don't think it's necessary. It was his choice to leave me out of his online life, so if he ever needs me, he can pick up the phone or send me a text. I am not going to be bothered, because I don't want to make a big deal out of it. I just hope that one day I will hear from him, that he's alright and happy.

People make a really big fuzz about social media anyway. You can always connect or disconnect with a person, also reconnect, but the truth is, social media friendship is not real. It's bullshit. Keep the real friendships alive.