Tammy Gonzalez on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 8:04pm
It is interesting how time changes and how days seem to melt into one. Do you ever catch yourself thinking, “How did I get here? Where did all of my time go?” I find myself saying these things more and more each day. On my way home from work today I saw a little girl sitting in the passenger seat of her mothers van, her little brother in the back seat and the mother driving. The little girl was on her iPad, the little boy was watching a movie in the head rest and the mother was chatting away on her cell phone while changing lanes indiscriminately. I’ve seen this picture day after day; the portrait of this generation; a generation of instantaneous entertainment and gratification. A beautiful day gone unnoticed because we are too busy reading the latest gossip on our gadgetry; a quiet moment lost to the buzzing necessity to find the wifi hot spot. I will be the first to raise my hand in admittance of guilt. I too spend more time in front of an artificial sunset background watching a cute kitten instead of breathing fresh air or spending my already spent time more wisely; I give in to the temptation of observing what others have done and are doing instead of getting up and doing something myself. I judge no one for how they choose to spend their time; there is nothing wrong with taking advantage of the era of technology. I for my part, however, am re-prioritizing how my time and attention is alloted. A quarter of a century has passed since I took my first breath and I feel the slight tinge of regret that I have not used that time as wisely as I could have.
So, as ironies of ironies play out, I am writing to you- the mass world of cyber space; the pale eyes of peers who care to read the random thoughts that bleed through my finger tips and onto the keys- I write to you with my farewells from this realm of “social networking”. I will continue to share my passions and endeavors but no longer via this unique vice. I hope to rekindle the flame of human connection and origin of inter-personal communications. To all: Talk Soon!!
2 comments:
I find ur ideas and thoughts quite interesting and as I glanced thru some posts here, they are interesting, but there is one but...let me give u a piece of advice, on this particular post for ex. you should try to avoid writing in this style, I mean the font, coz it's quite tiring for the eyes. I myself prefer Times New Roman of all:))))
thanks for the advice!
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