Love them or hate them it’s still true, electronics and constant entertainment are ruining this world and relationships.
We, as a society, have become products of addiction. Not free from slavery to that which holds us. Grasped firmly in it’s clutches, we in turn hold it close to us. Many have given more then they could afford to keep or have that which will hold them in a tighter bondage.
Could you walk away for a day?
Could you leave it at home and go out?
Can you disconnect?
No I am not talking Matrix and taking a red pill, I am talking unplugging from the internet, texts and phone calls. Leave the emails behind and plunge forth on an adventure of the world that is already all around you. What have you ignored, missed or let escape you because you needed to catch up on the latest Twitter feed and read the newest post on Facebook, while also wondering what the new photo on Instagram is and why your dearest friend has not texted you back. Then the emails of work and family rush in and you feel overwhelmed and yet you haven’t had you coffee yet.
So many have panic attacks when their mobile device is missing. Are you one of them? Would you, after getting in your car and noticing it’s not with you, be one to frantically search and possibly arrive late to work to find your device? Or, would you just shrug and keep going, feeling that you will find it when you get home if it’s not in your bag and not fret?
I have, on many occasions, freaked because I could not find my phone. Looking back I realized what an addiction that had become. I have since, forced myself to let it go. To not panic when I leave the house without it and have felt an amazing freedom.
We feed insecurity with an electronic security blanket. Enough is enough, do we want our children so co-dependent on their electronics that they panic? Do we want them nursing Valium because the electronic life has consumed them and their real world life has gotten away and they can’t catch up?
As adults we have to make a choice. Even if you don’t have children, it’s still a choice. I am not saying do not let your children have electronics or use them. But moderation is the mother of survival, if our children are going to be more then stressed out, electronic addicts, we have to be able to show them that we also can have moderation in our lives.
