Many connections – fewer conversations

Being alone feels like a problem that needs to be solved. And so people try to solve it by connecting. Thanks! to the social media.

But here, the connection is more like a symptom than a cure. It expresses, but it doesn’t solve, an underlying problem: – ‘Loneliness’.

The truth is – if we’re not able to be alone, we’re going to be more lonely.

When we don’t have the capacity for solitude, we turn to other people via our smartphones in order to feel less anxious or in order to feel alive. The moment that people are alone, even for a few seconds, they become anxious, they panic & ultimately they reach out to their device.

At work, we’re so busy communicating that we often don’t have time to think, we don’t have time to talk, about the things that really matter. Texting, emails, posting, all of these things are now as important as our breath.

Over and over I hear, “I prefer to text than talk.”  We text n email at breakfast, lunches n dinners…even at funerals. I have also seen people inquiring more about the apps than about each other.

Solitude is where you find yourself so that you can reach out to other people and form real attachments. However, we expect more from technology and less from each other. We now want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

From now onwards, can we also strike a conversation about what the current use of technology might be costing us rather than just be excited about as to where it would be taking us?

Statutory Warning: ‘It takes some courage to have these conversations’.

Interview a family member- new or old, a friend or even a stranger- OFFLINE.

Together, we can create an archive of the wisdom of humanity, and maybe in doing so, we’ll learn to listen a little more and shout a little less.

A “like” is not a tap on the shoulder, a comment section is not a real debate with facial expressions and body language.

It is generally a good idea also to appreciate the people who are physically near you. Maybe these conversations will remind us what’s really important.

And maybe, just maybe, it will help us recognize that simple truth that every life, every single life, matters equally and infinitely.

Would you consider to have a No GADGET Day ???Eager to hear from you.