The internet is a magical world we would have never imagined fifty years ago. On the Internet we can shop and have our purchases delivered right to our door. We can find movie times, job listings and get step-by-step directions to our holiday destinations. Check the weather, send an email and watch a funny video all in a matter of minutes. Most of all, the Internet allows us to connect with each other from across the room or across the world. We can connect socially through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and countless other sites and share our thoughts, our pictures, and even our real time locations. But is it really an extension of our real selves? Is this all-access pass into our personal lives a way to connect in bigger and better ways? Perhaps in this magical Internet world of social networking we are able to create our own sense of reality. We can be connected to the whole world with out actually establishing a lasting connection. Behind a computer screen we are able to be whomever we choose to be. The shy young woman can post her thoughts without anxiety and an insecure teen can post an edited picture to feel more confident. In the same way however, an angry person can bully another without fear of retribution and can spew hateful speech with the safety and cover of anonymity. The future of social networking will not help us create lasting relationships or maintain long-distance friendships, but will inevitably divide us until we are unsure which is real; our online personalities or our true selves. We will be left lonely and cut off from the joys of life happening in the present. How often do we stop what we experiencing to log it into one of our many online outlets? We love to share where we are and whom we are with. We can’t eat dinner without taking a picture of the main course, or enjoy the live band without first tagging them in your post. Author Andrew Lamm notes, “more and more, we are beginning to believe that we do n