Letting Go of Perfect

I'm currently reading "A Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl, Holocaust Survivor, Neurologist, and Psychiatrist .  Mr. Frankl is also founder of Logotherapy. Logotherapy is founded on the belief that "it is the striving to find a meaning in one's life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans". In his book, A Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl speaks to his experiences in concentration camps and the techniques he used to keep himself alive.  He believed it was his controlled thought process that made him a survivor rather than victim.  In his book he talks of humor as "one of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation" (Frankl, 1992).  He refers to "conversations in his mind" with his wife, who unknowingly to him at the time had perished in another concentration camp. These "talks" and thoughts with and of his beloved were another motivating force for his survival.  Fra

Could we be swaying away from the days of love at first sight?  The times when two peoples' eyes catch one another's and time stansd still for a long time.  During the standstill of time, each person processes the other beautiful person and sizes up the possibility for love. I hope not as that moment when eyes lock is a moment in time filled with excitement, hope, and lust.  A feeling I have experienced and hope to experience over and over again. But, we do live in a new age where technology has opened up new possibilities for communication.  Trust me, I welcome this!  If it were not for texting, emailing, and Face Book, I'd be one isolated single parenting chick.  I've said it before, technology has allowed me to connect and communicate with new and old friends.  Technology has even gotten me into the dating scene through sites like Match.com, however without much success.  I may be way to judgemental for online dating! I do wonder if it is possible we are learning