Good afternoon, everyone!!!
Before I start this blog this is just my opinion and may not be a popular opinion by any means. I have a different way of viewing the world and I am completely aware of this. I also spend a great deal of time watching the world around me without interfering with what is going on around me. So take this blog as one person's view...
Now I will start by telling you where this train of thought came from...
The other day I was at a softball game watching my granddaughter play ball. During the game, with our team in the field, I noticed when I looked over to the dugout the coach was standing there talking on her phone. No big deal, everyone seems to be locked into technology today. From the sidelines another person was calling out encouragement to our girls. I thought back to a time that seems so long ago now...
People used to leave the phone calls at home. They engaged in what they were doing outside of the constant connection.
When our girls got up to bat, the base ump walked across the field, texting... Got to the base and continued to text as the ball was hit, the play was played and calling the runner safe. How do you know that runner was safe??? Your eyes weren't on the play, they were on your phone...
Don't get me wrong as the wife of a trucker, cell phones have been a blessing when it comes to keeping in contact. However, I look around me and no one disengages anymore. They have some form of technology always in hand, no matter where they are. Siblings playing on their iPads instead of playing with the other children around them. And if they are playing with the other children around them it revolves around selfies and electronic games.
I guess you could say this old lady misses the days of watching children make friends from the kids they meet up with at the parks, ball games, ect. I miss watching the imaginations run wild as ideas pop in their little heads as to what they can do next.
I think that's why I enjoy the young ones gathering at my sister's house in the country. You can't take electronics in the pond, LOL. But you sure can see how far you can jump off the dock into the water, or how fast you can slide down the water slide, or can you jump off that swing and make a huge splash???
I love the exploration of the woods through their eyes. Yes, we do bring our phones for the plant app, because we get a thousand questions of what each and every plant is and what it does, LOL. But, that's one of the pros of this life today.
Technology makes things easier in this life, but it also makes things disconnect. I watch young girls determine their worth based on what comments they receive on a post, or how many likes they get. Young boys are so engrossed in their games they have little more to talk about when holding a conversation, if you can get them away from their game long enough to have one.
Technology connects us to the world. Yet, it takes us away from the world right in front of us. Our emotions are based on what strangers tell us about ourselves, versus what the people who really know us say to us.
Too much of a good thing can easily become a bad thing...
I love being able to connect to the world and see things I wouldn't normally be able to. However, I also love disconnecting from that world and living in the world around me. Reading a book, planting a garden, just sitting on the porch listening to the birds.
We all chose our paths. Children mimic us. I am saddened to think so many of today's problems stem from not disconnecting with technology and reconnecting with what is right in front of us. But who am I? Just one old lady trying to live her best life.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
Before I start this blog this is just my opinion and may not be a popular opinion by any means. I have a different way of viewing the world and I am completely aware of this. I also spend a great deal of time watching the world around me without interfering with what is going on around me. So take this blog as one person's view...
Now I will start by telling you where this train of thought came from...
The other day I was at a softball game watching my granddaughter play ball. During the game, with our team in the field, I noticed when I looked over to the dugout the coach was standing there talking on her phone. No big deal, everyone seems to be locked into technology today. From the sidelines another person was calling out encouragement to our girls. I thought back to a time that seems so long ago now...
People used to leave the phone calls at home. They engaged in what they were doing outside of the constant connection.
When our girls got up to bat, the base ump walked across the field, texting... Got to the base and continued to text as the ball was hit, the play was played and calling the runner safe. How do you know that runner was safe??? Your eyes weren't on the play, they were on your phone...
Don't get me wrong as the wife of a trucker, cell phones have been a blessing when it comes to keeping in contact. However, I look around me and no one disengages anymore. They have some form of technology always in hand, no matter where they are. Siblings playing on their iPads instead of playing with the other children around them. And if they are playing with the other children around them it revolves around selfies and electronic games.
I guess you could say this old lady misses the days of watching children make friends from the kids they meet up with at the parks, ball games, ect. I miss watching the imaginations run wild as ideas pop in their little heads as to what they can do next.
I think that's why I enjoy the young ones gathering at my sister's house in the country. You can't take electronics in the pond, LOL. But you sure can see how far you can jump off the dock into the water, or how fast you can slide down the water slide, or can you jump off that swing and make a huge splash???
I love the exploration of the woods through their eyes. Yes, we do bring our phones for the plant app, because we get a thousand questions of what each and every plant is and what it does, LOL. But, that's one of the pros of this life today.
Technology makes things easier in this life, but it also makes things disconnect. I watch young girls determine their worth based on what comments they receive on a post, or how many likes they get. Young boys are so engrossed in their games they have little more to talk about when holding a conversation, if you can get them away from their game long enough to have one.
Technology connects us to the world. Yet, it takes us away from the world right in front of us. Our emotions are based on what strangers tell us about ourselves, versus what the people who really know us say to us.
Too much of a good thing can easily become a bad thing...
I love being able to connect to the world and see things I wouldn't normally be able to. However, I also love disconnecting from that world and living in the world around me. Reading a book, planting a garden, just sitting on the porch listening to the birds.
We all chose our paths. Children mimic us. I am saddened to think so many of today's problems stem from not disconnecting with technology and reconnecting with what is right in front of us. But who am I? Just one old lady trying to live her best life.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
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