Have you seen those Facebook 2010 review applications ? There are at least two that I’ve seen lately. As I understand it, both apps search and analyze your status updates. One spits out a Reader’s Digest condensed version of every update you’ve made during the year. The other highlights your top three words and also includes the top ten list.

I was slow to use the apps for a couple of reasons.

I’m a bit skiddish about Facebook apps in general. Especially after the Facebook Dating Ads fiasco and the “Change Your Facebook Settings or Else” post I wrote in July 2009. That post sparked interest around the world and continues to do so. (To date, there’s been more than 6500 unique visitors.)

The bigger issue for me, however, was fear. It’s the whole, “head in the sand” temptation again. I was afraid that the app would reveal I’d aimlessly spent the last year sharing mindless chatter and useless links.

At the end of a year, would I have used my words wisely? What story (-ies) would my words tell?

Ultimately, I needed to know the truth.

I decided on the “My Top Words” app. Would those words line up with my three words for 2010? For days I tried using the application, but it kept timing out. I wondered if I’d been too verbose, or was our Internet connection the problem. I kept checking periodically over the weekend. Finally, my persistence paid off. I present to you:

Reflecting on Reflections
Now I’m pondering what this all means. I mean, sure, it’s just an app on a social networking site. Yet it feels like there could be more significance. These words aren’t my three words for 2010. None of them.

Did I get my three words wrong? Did I focus on the wrong things?

I’ll be spending some time in the last days of 2010 thinking about my words. And those dashes — What’s up with that???

I’ll be praying for revelation from God about where I’ve been and where I’m headed. I’d appreciate your prayers as well. I want to make my words count. I want my words to tell the story.

How about you?
What were your words for 2010? Do you have words for 2011?