My PSA – FYI
(Public Service Announcement – For Your Information):

I was hanging out with some buddies yesterday doing the “lunch” thing at one of my favorite spots called RJ’s in Bakersfield, CA.  I had an awesome time talking about future goals and ideas and ways to create value and help others on this journey called “life”.  While driving home after our lunch my body began to digest the patty-melt and fries and my mind began to digest the conversation we had and I stumbled upon another one of my “Hallelujah moments of clarity” that prompted the following PSA–FYI:

I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and realize that the experience couldn’t have happened in cyberspace.  This affirms the point that we must beware of what I call the “technology conundrum” as it relates to our communication and social skills today. What is this you may ask?  Well, it’s the action of accepting words on a page and a text or electronic message as a default that’s used to communicate to friends and family.  Technology is meant to help us do things better and more effectively and efficiently, but I believe that overuse and abuse of it can hurt us in the long run.  I’m even finding that attempting to actually call someone on their cell phone now-a-days rather than text or message them is becoming almost offensive to some people.  Hmmmm…  I think we can all agree that technology overall is a “good” thing, but even too much of a “good” thing can yield “not-so-good” results. 

May I be so bold as to offer a bit of unsolicited advice to you today?  While this “technology” thing may be convenient and more efficient at times, let’s be careful not to make the huge mistake of depriving our loved ones of what they like most about us, which is our pretty face and lovely voice.  We must make a point to go see that relative or take that friend to lunch or call that brother or sister that you haven’t made time to speak to lately.

Engaging in the actual “physical” act of socializing and communicating and being in community with others is an absolute must to preserve all those precious characteristics and traits that make us who we are as human beings in this world.  Let’s be careful not to let technology damage and retard the social skills of our generation and the generations to come. 

Simply put, you can’t eat a patty-melt and fries over the internet, at least not yet.   🙂   So, get off the internet more often and get on over to your “inner-network” of family and friends and be more intentional about staying physically connected.

Just a little PSA-FYI for you today reminding you to make it GREAT!   

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