The Twitter of Optimism

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSATION

I've only been a user of Twitter for a couple of weeks now and although I was skeptical of it being anything more than a novelty, I have been surprised by my experience.

Sure, there are a lot of users who basically report every meaningless movement in their daily routine - but there are others who use it as a vehicle for sharing their street-level experience of the world; a kind of "wonder at life" alert; as if they are walking through a crowded market in a foreign land with a four year old; "Look at that!  What's that? Why are they doing that?" 

It has given me a sense of connectedness with the world while maintaining a sense of protected anonymity. 

It is the ultimate symbol of an expanding world that has become closer to each of us - and with it comes the air of optimism that the world is indeed becoming one community, beyond all the political and ideological boundaries. 

With on-line networking apps like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and now Twitter; as people around the world share their momentary personal experiences of life and we become aware of how alike we all are in our reactions - we can hope that we may be able to transcend our cultural differences and begin truly communicating with each other. 

In the words of one of my favorite composers, Pete Ham of Badfinger:  "Successful conversation, will take you very far."

"There is no real perfection 

There'll be no perfect day 

Just love is our connection 

The truth in what we say  

There's no good revolution 

Just power changing hands 

There is no straight solution 

Except to understand  

So listen to my song, of life 

You don't need a gun, or a knife 

Successful conversation, will take you very far  

There is no real perfection 

There'll be no perfect man 

Just peace is our connection 

For giving all you can  

There's no good kind of killing 

Just power taking life 

It's all good blood that's spilling 

To make a bigger knife  

So listen to my song, of life 

You don't need a gun, or a knife 

Successful conversation, can take you very far  

So listen to my song, of life 

You don't need a gun, or a knife 

Successful conversation, can take you very far  

Successful conversation, will take you very far 

Successful conversation, will take you very far"

"Perfection" (c)1971 Pete Ham