Thanks

As I walked the one mile from the train station to my office this morning, I had an incredible sense of being blessed. The city seemed alive, it was a beautiful September morning and I have a job that most of the time keeps my interest and gets me out of bed.

In Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott talks about praying two basic prayers: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

My prayer this morning was, Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Top ten reasons why you might be on Facebook.

By Richard A. Kauffman

10. You’re an extrovert—several hundred more friends can’t hurt.

9. You’re an introvert still looking for a few good friends.

8. You’re bored and you don’t want to miss out on a happenin’ thing.

7. You’re too cheap to subcribe to the Christian Century so you read the free articles they post at Facebook.

6. You’re a wannabe writer but no one will publish you.

5. You are the shy, expressive type but, unlike Garrison Keillor and Michael Feldman, you don’t have your own radio show.

4. You’re happy and you know it and you surely want your Facebook profile to show it.

3. You’re sure Jesus wants you to use social networking media to be a Sunbeam for Him.

2. You’re both nostalgic and romantic, so you’re trying to re-connect with all your old flames.

And the #1 reason why you might be on Facebook (Drum roll, please: \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ ): You have an attention deficit disorder and you need all the attention you can get.

--Kauffman is nothing if not unoriginal. He doesn’t usually spend his spare time trying to think up “top ten” lists. He would stay up to watch David Letterman, though, if it didn’t make him grouchy the next day.