I was driving to work the other day when I realized I had forgotten my phone. An immediate sense of panic came over me, quickly followed by the internal correction of "Oh, come on!". I usually check my email, text and voicemail before I enter the shop to start my day. But that day, it wasn't an option. So I sat on the grass and soaked in the sun and thought "Wow! How did I end up here?!" I realized that day by day, hour by hour, I had become accustomed to the constant barrage of noise and activity, technology and toys; distractions from MY life and what it means to just BE.
Since then I have practiced a day a week with no cell phones or computers, no TV or newspapers. The silence is wonderful and the information, profound. I listen to the wind instead of the radio and live my own life instead of watching other people live theirs. We have fallen so far away from our natural way of being that we are unfamiliar, and sometimes uncomfortable, with the simple act of living.
LOVE LIFE & IT WILL LOVE YOU BACK
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