Back In Time
Letters and Phones
Does anyone write letters anymore? Does anyone talk on the phone and have real conversations? Remember when we looked at eachother and spoke to one another. These were real conversations. Now that we live in a world of social media, I feel that relationships have become something more of a daily autobiography rather than true one on one communication.
Please don’t get me wrong. Information garnered from FaceBook and Twitter and the rest has proven to be extremely invaluable for charity work. But at what expense to our own personal relationships.
It seems that our ability to communicate on a more personal level using these forms of media can (NOT ALWAYS) be diminished to a daily injection of one’s own accomplishments.
Let’s keep in mind, I’m not talking about the sharing of ideas, recipes, or causes. No, I’m talking specifically about those who use these forms of social media to simply communicate their daily goings on. For some (NOT ALL) these media outlets have become a tool to help folks say “Look at Me, look how happy I am, look at why my life is happy even though I am not.”
It’s the folks that post or “check in” every day. It’s the people that have taken to ignoring the plights of humanity just so that they can post a picture of their latest meal.
I consider myself extremely lucky that I do have friends who actually have long conversations with me. It’s my one bit of therapy. I can share in someone else’s victories and also support in their time of need.
I also have a friend who sends hand-written cards. Not letters, per se, but hand written greeting cards. These are often filled with fine sentiments or words of encouragement. I seriously hope that hasn’t been lost to the world.
I say lets keep Instagram and Youtube as well as all the others. I do feel the good they provide far outweighs the bad. . But let’s not forget the importance of true communication between friends and family. Let’s make sure that sentiment is not lost in technology and that people don’t forget how to talk to one another. That would mean leaving the phones when at the dinner table. No texting when having a one on one, in-person conversation.
That would mean making a phone call every once in a while instead of just sending a text. How about actually sending a letter instead of thinking of your next clever twitter post.
Let’s remember that we are humans and not the machines we so often depend on.
