Day 89 "Warm Fires And Cold Connections"

We are all so disconnected by the things that were supposed to help us connect.

We used to meet for coffee and talk about life, face to face. Now when we meet it is screen to screen and no one knows what anyone else is drinking.

We used to appreciate the warmth of a fire at our backs as we shared the same space, but now we want the brightest screen in the empty room that we choose not to share.

There was a time when we had time to listen to the story of another, when we had time to read the books that we were told about, but now we want our ego’s to shine brighter than these cold screens, we want our stories told first…we want our stories told all the time.

We offer opinions from a safe distance now.

We close our eyes to what people show us now.

We lie about meeting up in the future now.

All from the safety through these screens from a distance.

I am waiting for the day that we all try to see each other again. The day where we all choose to stop experiencing the world through the vision of another. The day where we stop waiting.

There are too many images.

Too many status updates.

Too many selfish actions.

Too many stories told that no one cares to hear about.

There are too many ideas that suffocate and smother the easiest idea of them all.

We need to disconnect and reconnect.