Longing For Days of Yore
By Michelene K. Bell

Have you ever longed for days gone by, when life was much different? When you could pick up a phone and hear a voice at the other end…not a recording indicating which button to push in order to get to your party.

It does seem to take twice as long and many times your customer service call becomes one of frustration. Oh how I long for those days when people spoke to one another and not a machine.

Now don’t get me wrong, technology is great…to a certain point. Emails, the web, cell phone technology all have made their mark…connecting people around the world; however, to what end?

Lately, I find myself recalling the history of Atlantis and can’t help but compare the similarities between then and now. Are we setting ourselves up for a fall? Perhaps.

How do we rein in a world that is fascinated with gadgetry and the latest and newest technology? How do we “un-ring” a bell that has already been rung? Do we have the ability or even the desire to do so?

It is said, “everything in moderation”; yet, how many of us sit in front of a computer day in and day out? How many millions email or text from their phones rather than pick up and actually connect on a personal level?

Have we lost the drive for social interaction? Are we a society where impersonalization is now the norm?

Is this a battle worth fighting? Can we take another route to reawaken how we communicate?

I know the questions are many; however, unless we are willing to look at them and figure out a different scenario, where will we be on this road of technology? Are we destined to follow in the footsteps of Atlantis?

Any solutions? Perhaps we can reinvent the excitement we once had as a family. When we actually played together, ate meals together and shared the day’s events…a bonding that supersedes the Game Boys, X-Boxes, Wiis, texting and so forth.

Spending more time with family and friends, reintroducing one another to the joys of social contact, can make a difference. And the good thing, we can still have our technology…it’s all about moderation.

Now I realize that those days are long past and we must live in the present moment…however, I can dream…can you?

Let’s get back to the basis of our strengths…our unity as a family.

Blessings my dear friends,

Michelene

Michelene is the founder and publisher of In Light Times, a 22 year young endeavor. She is a freelance writer and editor who loves to have fun, enjoys great food, movies, traveling and good friends. Visit: www.InLightimes.com .