Ever have a friend who you shared an experience with but they seem to remember the story completely different from how you remember it? You wonder whether or not that person was even there because their recollection of it is so much different than yours.
Why? Because of stories. Our lives are made out of stories that we tell others and most importantly the ones we tell ourselves. Some people may recall their life story and it may sound sad but from the outside looking in, their story is beautiful, unique, and special. Others may inflate their stories because they don't think it's interesting enough for others to hear. Others, have happy stories, stories of love, loss, successes, and disappointments.
Whatever your story is, make it beautiful and make it count.
Showing posts with label distractions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distractions. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Beauty
There are so many distractions in our lives these days. Walk down the street in a busy city and what will you see: a man on a cell phone, a woman texting, a couple taking pictures with their new digital camera, someone tuning all those people out with his iPod. Do we ever stop to appreciate the things around us? Or have we all turned into zombies of technology, walking idly through our days.
Don't you think that being "connected" is really DISconnecting us from each other. Why tell your best friend the important news in person if you can just do it via Skype. We're missing something here. We're missing the whole point. Face-to-face communication, interaction with other is destroying us at the very time it's trying to bring us together. How? you may wonder. Well, think of it this way, if you weren't always "connected", what would you be doing? Would you read? Would you take a walk in the park or on the beach and marvel at nature's beauty? Would you meet up with a friend or a love and talk for hours- really talk, about life, about you, about them, and anything else in between. Think of how peaceful things would be to disconnect for a while and really connect with life. How would that make you feel?
This next week, try to disconnect for a while; for five minutes even, and take a look at something beautiful. Think of all the possibilities that arise when you appreciate the things around us, without the technology. Think of how free you'll feel when you take a step back, and breathe.
Don't you think that being "connected" is really DISconnecting us from each other. Why tell your best friend the important news in person if you can just do it via Skype. We're missing something here. We're missing the whole point. Face-to-face communication, interaction with other is destroying us at the very time it's trying to bring us together. How? you may wonder. Well, think of it this way, if you weren't always "connected", what would you be doing? Would you read? Would you take a walk in the park or on the beach and marvel at nature's beauty? Would you meet up with a friend or a love and talk for hours- really talk, about life, about you, about them, and anything else in between. Think of how peaceful things would be to disconnect for a while and really connect with life. How would that make you feel?
This next week, try to disconnect for a while; for five minutes even, and take a look at something beautiful. Think of all the possibilities that arise when you appreciate the things around us, without the technology. Think of how free you'll feel when you take a step back, and breathe.
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