So click play (sorry for the YouTube link- the song isn't on Grooveshark for some super lame reason...) and listen to this awesomeness.
Life is crazy. Work. Gym. Cook. Clean. Sleep. Repeat. Add in technology. In our household alone, that includes: iPhone, Android, laptop computer, desktop computer, two televisions, two Kindle Fires, Xbox, Playstation. Seriously?? There are TWO of us. This seems insane.
Last week, our internet went out for a few hours in the evening. And Doug freaked out a little. We both still had 3G on our phones, but the lack of internet meant we had to figure out something else to do with our evenings. We ended up popping in a movie, talking, hanging out. And the instant our internet was back on, we were back on our Kindles and computers and phones.
The world's spinning
a little too fast.
If things don't slow down soon, we might not last.
So just for a moment, let's be still.
Being still. This is not an easy task. There are so many distractions; so many things to keep us from enjoying life and just being.
It's so easy to just get sucked up in technology and the business of every day life. I realize that I am blogging this, which seems a little ironic. But it's just so true. Technology takes up every aspect of our life, whether we want it to or not.
Even when I want to read, I'm doing it on a Kindle. If we want to listen to music? Nope- no radio in this house- we use Pandora on our Roku (oops- forgot that one in the list) or cell phones. The last time I turned my phone off? Wait...what? I can turn my phone off?
The world's not forgiving,
of everyone's fears.
The days turn into months and the months turn into years.
So just for a moment, let's be still.
As someone who grew up with no cable and no cell phone service or high speed internet (trust me- the headaches of dial up made chatting with my friends in ICQ not even worth it).
So in the crazy busy world...how do we just be still? It's kind of a scary thought. To be completely disconnected from the outside world. But so much of me wants to do that on a regular basis. Do I really need to spend so much of my night stuck behind the screen of my computer or glued to my iPhone?
Not at all.
So this is my challenge to myself. On some evenings? Just put down the phone. Close the computer screen. Talk to my husband about something besides a tv show or fantasy fotball. Visit with friends. Go for a walk with my nieces.
So just for a moment
Let's be still.
