You Can Love Your Life Now!

By Charlene M. Brown

I realize the irony of your reading this on the Internet or some other technology-bearing device, but don’t lose my point.

Instead of texting or Im-ing that (true) friend, why don’t you give them a call, like you used to? Or if you live close by, why not arrange a lunch date instead, so you can hug them in person.

I know that, as a whole, we are over-technology-ed, but don’t you remember when we were little and used to go out and play!? When someone would come knocking or scratching on your front door (or screen!) and you had to ask your mom if you could? Don’t you remember spending hours playing Tag!? C’mon, I know you do. Think a little harder, that’s it.

What we call “Playing” now consists of sending a mass text or email messages, Im-ing, twittering or facebooking or whatever else we do now to “connect” with others.

Let me ask you something, of all your 100s or 1000s of Facebook “Friends”, how many would you invite into your house or have around your children/family? How many did you know their last name before it was so prominently displayed in your face after you logged on? How about their birthday? And would you remember it if it wasn’t in your sidebar?

Don’t get me wrong, I have all these accounts and I use them, but sometimes I just need to hear one of my real friend’s voices. Sometimes I just need to touch someone, get a hug, exchange energy with someone else, someone real and not over technology waves. And even more ironic for me is that all of the people I really “talk” to on Facebook, are the people I talked to anyway! (But I’d bet, this is mostly true for you too . . . )

At a fast food restaurant, I will almost always park and go in instead of going through the drive-thru, just so I can look someone in the eyes to say thank you. My sister does the same thing.

What we so crave—and this is not just me and my sister—is that human touch.

I understand that text messaging makes it so you don’t have to talk to the other person and that sometimes this is what you want. I understand that life is moving at the speed of the latest technology, which is getting faster and faster by the millisecond. I think it’s cool too to be able to talk to people across the world in “real time.” But sometimes, just sometimes, we all need be reminded of our human heritage (or whatever other heritage you claim!   Go! Really hug someone, touch someone, remind yourself that you’re human too!

This is what Coffee Houses are for! (Yes I see the irony of this one too J)

Do You Love Your Life Now!? I Do!! (Because I have human connections with other real, live people!)

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