Continuation of the Theme

The last post dealt  with the idea of putting away the phone for a while, even a short period of time, as a means of focusing on what is happening in life now and getting away from what can be a distraction.  Little did  I realize that just a few days later a respected news organization would publish a story about the very topic. There was a story the week of August 26 from the Associated Press entitled "Sleep With Your I-Phone, You're Not Alone."  http://tinyurl.com/3ffc5jw    One of the key points made in the story is the growing fear that young people would prefer to interact with their phones as opposed to other people.  It mention how the smart phone, for all of its benefits for making life easier, is becoming an addiction for a lot of people.  This is a short post on this Sunday because the answer is very clear to me.  It is okay to put down your smart phone.  You do not have to check it every ten minutes  for messages, or to see if someone has updated their Face book status.  Any messages you receive will still be there in an hour or two.  And does the world really need to know the latest and sometimes very trivial development in your life?  This can all wait.  Waiting also affords you a tremendous opportunity and that is to engage in some great conversation or interaction with a human being and not a machine