God Like?
I know your heart burns in pain. I know your soul hurts down to the core of your existence. I know you feel like you’ve been wronged in ways that are simply unforgiveable; even for you, a person of devout faith and a true believer of God. But there are some moments that happen in life that require us to put aside our hurt, our pain, our petty differences, and our selfishness. When they happen, it doesn’t matter what our history is or what our futures will be. The only thing that matters in those moments is that we remember to be humanely human and supportive of a soul in need. God is sacrifice, forgiveness, and love. Can’t you at least sacrifice your selfishness to forgive someone in pain and provide the love they need to get up at the moment they’re the most down? Can’t you be more God like?
Back to the Basics
In conclusion, the quality of of our communication with one another is depreciating as we become increasingly dependent on technological media. The fullness, the depth, the completeness of what we intend to say is disappearing as a result of the absence of tone, gestures, eye contact, posture, expressions, body language or the myriad of other tools that accompany successful communication.
Everywhere from school to work to home; people are sending and receiving mixed signals. Condolences come across as harsh, humor as insensitive, sarcasm misconstrued as hate, and love interpreted as non-authentic.
To further add to the confusion, we’ve adopted a constantly changing form of short hand as we try to condense complex thoughts into 140 characters. On the surface modern communication appears to be more efficient than it’s predecessor. That is, until you adjust for the amount time spend trying to clarify a misinterpreted message, trying to explain your true intent, or trying to repair a relationship that fell apart because you got your signals crossed. You see, where we are at today is more than a simple case of women being from Venus and men from Mars. What we have now is the trade-off of progress; and to be perfectly honest with you, I wish I could trade a lot of it back for the simple clarity of yesterday.
For now, I’ll have to settle for a renewed effort to change my communication style. Specifically, to ween myself from a dependence on technology and make an effort to have all pertinent discussions in person. At a minimum I need to pick up the phone and restrain from sending out that confusing text, posting on your Facebook wall when I need your ear, TYPING IN ALL CAPS TO CONVEY MY FRUSTRATION, or the tweet that everyone else will think is for them that you either miss or won’t understand. Yes, I’m saying I want to get back to the basics. I believe our future depends on it. Will you join me?
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