I am having an ongoing love-hate relationship with social
technology. Recently I did another vision board at my talented friend and
colleague, Shelley Whitehead’s Vision Board Day. We started with an exercise of
moving through some questions about yourselves and capturing your responses in
one-word descriptors. In response to one of those questions an ipad popped
onto my list. No one was more amazed than myself as I have been bringing myself
into the 21st Century with a startling lack of grace! My husband’s
eyes nearly popped out of his head when I told him what had happened…
And so it went on my vision board, a lovely picture of a
woman of around my age sitting looking very happy, relaxed and confident
smiling at the camera.
And there in that picture lies my dilemma – because what
creates huge resistance in me is watching people busy on their devices in
social situations totally engrossed in the screen and life, connection and
relationships are passing them by. It’s so sad… and alarming. And I was not
sure that I could win the battle to keep the seductive screen in proportion to
my life and my goals.
Could I keep metaphorically looking at people-could I bring
my full presence if there was an ipad in my life?
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