It's a (really big) small world

Technology has certainly transformed our globe into a smaller world. The Internet has made communication instantaneous, regardless of distance. Airplanes shuttle passengers over mountains and across oceans in mere hours. Social media have created an enormous collective consciousness, where we can remain connected with distant friends and relatives. Mileage, once an enormous barrier to human relationships, is now just a number. Right?

Wrong.

I'm grateful for the ability to maintain contact with great friends in Tucson, Utah, California and even Korea. But I'm frustrated by the gigantic gap, the obstacle that distance can be to a friendship/relationship.

When I think of all the people I care about, and how far across the globe they are scattered, I suddenly feel very small. Arizona, a place I love, begins to feel very isolated. I want to see these people, spend quality time with them. But I don't know how to apparate, and I can't find any floo powder.

Anyway, I don't think I've really presented much of a point in this post. I guess I'm just saying that the world, though made much smaller by advances in technology, remains an overwhelmingly enormous place.

And I think I've left pieces of myself all over it.