A part of me craves for the time without the internet, without our cell phones (which you might as well glue to our hands), no computers, no thousand stations on our TVs, and whatever else has really changed our brains and life.
It truly has changed us. I have trouble sitting down and reading a book, something which I truly loved to do. Nothing seems to hold my attention long enough. Why? Is it because I’ve become accustomed to the rapid fire headlines on Twitter? Maybe. Why do I need to constantly look at my phone? Twitter, email, news, weather app? Why do I do that? Is it to fill space, empty spaces of time? I hate what the cell phone has done to young people how they are constantly looking down at them rather than looking out to the world or in to someone’s eyes. What have we all been missing?
Are we truly living?
On the flipside, we have gained much knowledge and our worldview became expanded. We are all connected and need each other to keep this earth going. We can connect with people from all over instantly and that is really cool. On Twitter, I have learned much from the people I follow but have sadly, learned to be wary of anyone that brings me down or too far afield. The web has too much power and influence and bad actors have taken full advantage of that. This is the part where I don’t know how we get out of it.
The evil force of disinformation is a powerful consuming beast.
Can’t we recognize that this is truly our biggest threat? How disinformation can trigger, trigger, trigger until it drives people to do horrible things? We need to shut down social media sites until we can figure out how to sweep them free of the dangerous influencing articles, posts, and ads. Mine sweep it all !
Then we can enjoy the new technology, enjoy meeting new friends and learning of different cultures, and rid ourselves of the emotional monkeys that have been heavily perched on our shoulders for way too long.
Can you imagine this? Imagine feeling worthy and loved and not filled with outrage and hate toward another? Imagine that.
Well, if we can’t make this happen, we have to find a way to do our own “Mine/Mind Sweeping.” We have to be careful who we communicate with, be protective of our egos and find the joy.
Find the joy and when you do, make more of it.
Peace and joy to you!
Simply Susan.
