"Talk to Me"

Why are people so stressed out any more?  Why is it that were so busy we don't have the time to sit down and talk to each other?  When did 144 characters on Twitter become enough?  Why are many of us "stressed" now days?


Part of the problem I believe any more is that even though we now have a myriad of ways to "communicate" with one another, e.g. Face book, email, Twitter, texting, oh the thing called a land line phone, and yes the cellphone, we really are developing into a culture that has no idea on how to "talk".  Thus one of the reasons why so many people get "stressed" out. 


 A friend I know tells me that a co-worker is no more than 20 feet away and sends 1-2 line emails throughout the workday rather than walking the 15 steps or so and actually communicating with said person.  It's so much more productive to then send an email back to them and then have them send a thank you email in return and you sending another email saying 'no problem' and then them saying 'thank you'...ok so I'm being slightly sarcastic.  


Recently I was at a restaurant around noon on a Sunday.  One family it appeared had just come from church. Mom and Dad, three children with granpa and granma.  They no more than got seated when the Mom was on her cellphone along with all three children!  The youngest was like 7 or 8 years old.  A moment later, Dad was texting.  And there sat Granma and Granpa sitting on their hands.  Not quite a Norman Rockwell moment.  And don't get me started when the waiter came to their table to take their order!  (If I had been the waiter I would have shouted, "Your attention please".)  


I heard on the Discovery Channel that there is now more technology in today's cell phone than what was in the Apollo spacecraft that went to the moon!  Now I'm not criticizing all the great technology that has come down the pike in the last decade or so.  But take someones phone from them for 30 minutes...no 15 minutes and there's a good chance they have a panic attack.  Couples use to tell a counselor, "we just don't talk any more".  Gosh what is it now...he just stopped "Twittering" me.


All I'm saying is this...let's talk to each other and listen to what's being said.  If you're in a relationship let the other person hear "I love you".      If you have kids "tell" them why something is unacceptable or why we don't act that way. "Show" people that you care by your actions rather than your Tweet.


Cellphone companies blast us everyday with commericals on why we should go with their "plan".  Hey with my plan you get unlimited minutes, any time day or night, anywhere coverage...for FREE.  Let's talk.