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Our free-write is back by popular demand: today, write about anything — but you must write for exactly ten minutes, no more, no less.
Can we talk? No, I mean really talk? Have a conversation, put our phones down, look each other in the face (eye contact might be too much) and talk? 
Cause it seems to me we’ve forgotten how to communicate on the most basic level.
We have become a superficial society of acquaintances communicating in 140 characters and anonymous Likes on Facebook. Our kids are growing up unable to interpret simple nuances, expressions of subtle body language, or the tone of ones voice. One-on-one social interaction has become uncomfortable and outdated.
We’ve given our kids cell phones 24/7 on the pretense of keeping them safe, but if we were honest with ourselves, convenience was the real reason. Convenient to know their whereabouts at all times, and easier than arguing when they threw the inevitable “Everybody has a phone,” tantrum.
Inundated with technology cell phones, laptops, iPods, and eReaders are the minimum found in most homes today. And we upgrade on a regular basis, providing the newest and greatest to our children at younger ages each year. We have created a world of artificial communication and when our kids no longer talk or interact with us, we act surprised.
This is the text generation. They communicate from a distance. Debate behind the mask of social media, date online, and divorce on legal zoom.com. People no longer know how to carry on a conversation face-to-face or even over the phone. We pass each other, not bothering to look up from the technology in our hands, forgetting the importance of touch or respect. Because in our quest for convenience, we’ve forgotten those same values ourselves, and we don’t teach them to our children. It isn’t convenient.
Respect is not just a word in the dictionary. There is a person in front, beside or next to each of us. They have a story to tell. Let’s have a conversation for a change. Stop texting. Make a phone call, instead. Have a face-to-face and leave the phones turned off, in the car or facedown, but for once, see where a real story leads. See what genuine communication feels like for a change. You might be surprised.
What do you think?
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Reblogged this on The Multi Facets of BluJewel and commented:
I happened upon this post as a ‘pingback’ to one I’d written some time ago. In reading this post, I can’t say I disagree with what the author has stated. Sadly, we coexist in a society where we’re habitually disconnected in spite of how much technology can allegedly keep us connected.
Read and see if you don’t find yourself agreeing. If you’re reading yourself in this post, maybe it’s time to rethink how you communicate.
Remember this…”(real) communication kills assumption”. If you can’t read, understand, or interpret the nuance, emoji, or text speak, then assumption is going to win hands down. It’s past time to reconnect in a human way.
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For now lets just say.. I hope the same 😀
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Fair enough.
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With the reading of first line, I actually was…’Oh! So totally looking at your blog’..no peeking anywhere else. 😀
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What a wonderful compliment. Thank you. I hope you continue to enjoy my musings from the cow pasture.
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Uh-oh, so I guess I can’t just “like” this? Useful though cell phones are–and they helped my family out this weekend, with 7 of us in the same area but staying at 3 different locations–they so often discourage old-fashioned talking, as you point out.
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Love it. Funny how that works. I do, however, appreciate the comment. I will be the first to admit, they are as convenient as hell, but I do so miss good ole’ conversation.
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