Siggy’s Blurbs

I do not believe communication is better because you can do it almost instantaneously.  Communication is as hard as ever.  There are more wars going on in this world as ever.

Sure with the internet a message can be sent around the world in seconds.  So what!  It is just quicker to make mistakes in judgment.  Cell phones keep getting more sophisticated.  The saturation time has not changed.  You can absorb data no quicker.

Everywhere you go others can be seen with cell phones attached to their ears as if they grew there.  They really are a great distraction– one of many today.

True communication is always better face to face.  And it takes time.  And effort and the ability to listen to each other carefully and well.  None of that is any easier.

Maybe, even harder.  There is the delusion true communication is occurring.  It is as hard as ever.  That has not changed at all in this world of almost instantaneous communication.

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The whole world has been revolutionized by the miniaturization of memory.  Gadget after gadget.  Cell phone are one major example.  You do not just make calls on them.  They are small hand held computers.  With gazillions of gigabytes of memory enabling it to do almost anything.  And the beat goes on.  Every day something new comes out.  All inventions are possible because computer chips  keep getting smaller and cheaper and can hold more memory.  I really do not feel I have to jump on the band wagon and buy the latest gadget.  It will not necessarily make my life better.  I have too many distractions in my life already.

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The winter was thirty days in:  one third officially done.  I have to remind myself of that.  Before I know it it will be done.  Winter is not my favorite season:  I do not like the cold, but spring is.  Of course, I might not appreciate spring as much if I did not have to bear the season before.  It is just a thought to consider.

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Nothing had changed from yesterday and today.  Yesterday I was depressed.  And today I was not.  The only difference I could gather was that last night I got a solid night sleep.  Sometimes the explanation for a depression is that simple:  I was overly fatigued.  And the depression lifts after a good night sleep.  It is that simple.  There is no complicated psychological reason.

The depression was totally physical.  I sometimes forget that.  I always have to look at that first.  It could be that simple.  I am aware I have a tendency to become depressed when I don’t sleep well and enough.  Or overdo it or both.  Every one is different.  I just have to respect my limits.

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