On a daily basis I post a picture or encouraging word on our Facebook page for For the Girls International. To let you in on a little secret…I usually post things that resonate with me personally. That’s how it works. I see something that hits a nerve for me and I figure someone else probably needs it too.
Occasionally I check to see how many people we are reaching with our Facebook posts and the data I saw yesterday was very telling. In case you don’t know how it works, the more people that “like” or “share” a post the more people it reaches.
The last 7 posts (not including the announcement of my incredible granddaughter’s birth – which generated a lot of interest!) averaged a reach of 284 people.
Then a few nights ago I posted this (because I needed it):
The reach for that post rose to over 2000 just for that one post! I don’t have time to figure out the math (that would seriously take me several hours) but that is a huge increase in reach.
So why was that post so popular?
3 reasons:
Because we all have our struggles.
Because we all need to know it’s ok not to be ok.
Because we all need to know that God loves us and is working through our struggle.
This is a tough time of year for me. Thankfully it’s not as tough as it’s been in the past but the process of writing my book causes me to unearth some past hurts and pain that stirs up some emotions that I struggle with.
Reading that post helped me take a deep breath and know that God is allowing me to go a little deeper and peel another layer off to become more and more whole. He loves me that much.
Sharing that post helped me realize that the more we are transparent about our struggles the more we help others to know that it is ok that they struggle too.
I’d love to hear your thoughts ~ so please feel free to share. It helps to know that we are all in this together 🙂
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And sometimes it’s ok not to be ok!
September 19, 2013 at 7:52 pm
I needed to here this especially right now. Most of the time I feel as though everyone has it “ALL” together. “ALL” figured out. Except me. Everyone post happy pictures of there families smiling and happy like perfect families. Rarely does anyone speak or even hint of there struggles or issues which makes me feel like I’m the only one struggling to keep it together or just trying to figure this it out. I’m not happy that people have issues or problems like I do. But knowing that people are dealing with issues to makes you feel a little less isolated perhaps. At least that’s how I feel right now.
September 19, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Thank you Jeanette! That is definitely one of the downsides of social media. Just because people don’t post about it does not mean they don’t have issues and struggles too. You have it more together than you think!! Thanks again for sharing…makes me feel more normal 🙂 Love ya!