There came a point where I no longer knew any of my 'friends' on facebook.

All of the requests to be my friend came from friends of friends or people or organizations that were in my community, but that I didn't know personally.

I was very reluctant to join facebook, but when I did, I was struck with it like a virus and became addicted for a minute that lasted several hours and I never looked back. I knew that was bad.

I go back to post events or things I'm working on or post pics to keep my friends and family in the loop of my life.

Other than that, facebook...

scares the crap out of me.

But I get friend requests daily that have now logged me in at o'er a thousand friends that at this point, I can say I barely if not at all know. Gone are those days. Grade school, middle school, high school, college, temp jobs, theatre, grad school, classes, shows, workshops, the list goes on and on and on.

I understand what it's used for and can't use it for anything else. Not even after a glass of wine.

So, I was not surprised that I got yet another friend request from a yogi in the LA community. It was from someone I have never met before. The thing of it was that she added a personal message to her request that I'll include here, anonymously...

All I know is that I don't know her. All I know is that I am in the middle of one door closing and another one opening wide with a big a-s breeze coming in and that I have a few 24th marathon mile doubts about it all. But here comes this message and friend request and I'm bounced back into balanced electrolytes and a big smile that says, thank you!!

Turns out she's a bit of an empath/psychic.

When I accepted her friend request, I was going to write her a little message thanking her until I realized that the message wasn't actually aimed at me, but her facebook update to ALL. She was telling all of 'us' this message.

I felt a bit ridiculous sending this stranger a message, but considering we are now friends on this world wide web of networking, I thought, what better way to thank her then right here on my blog. You know who you are.

Sometimes a message, thought, phrase, something you overhear or is said in jest, hits home in a way that brings you back to reality.

I don't know this lady. But we are now friends. I can imagine only imagine the greatness we all bestow on others if we word it right and come from a good place and pure heart.

I don't update my profile incessantly with words of wisdom. Perhaps I should. Or perhaps I should leave it to

the select randomness and anonymity of it all. You never know when you will lift someone out of the dark and heavy.

You never know when it strikes when you need it most.

So for that, dear Oprah and facebook, I am grateful for the big dark abyss which holds tight a big bright light for all of us to be guided on the collective, questionable path ahead.

Yours,

Laur