I was reflective this morning as I scrolled through the many books offered on a website for e-books... so it is a cyber library so to speak. I think I have always loved books, so I am torn when it comes to the rush of "e-books" "e-features" web based and online endeavors.
I think today we are all looking to connect on a personal level. the popularity of e-dating used to mearly introduce two lonely people who are in front of their computers instead of on the front line of life. Take E-harmony for example, it is a prime example of lonely people using the very technology that keeps us all isolated to create an environment safe and clinical to meet people and get to know them without ever laying eyes on them and breathing the fresh air with them.
This has proven most successful as well as proven that there is nothing like meeting someone "in the real world"
Fine and good for me to say right? Single girl "poo-pooing" the use of technology to meet people and have meaningful relationships .... I say Yes! what are ya gonna do about it?I have tried it both ways... blind date where all the man/boy did was talk about his cats... yes his cats* (please note I have nothing against cats or men who own them but just an aside first date conversation should extend beyond cat talk and replacement of the plumbing in your washroom... yes he did you can't make this stuff up!) or online where you chat a bit then before you know it your free subscription is over and all you are left with is hmm I wonder what he would have been like in person.
These things plague me from time to time. Not often but often enough!
So as I sip my coffee this morning listening to music that sings of the love we all look for, love loss and the joy of that reunion of the love thought to be lost.
I met some great people, not here in the city I live and work in but in New York.... the city I visited and wandered through for a short time how does this work? you connect and are sad it is only for that moment but I guess that is what makes life what it is yes?
I recently purchased a book called the book of Awesome... it is one I wish I had written, not often do I pick up a book and think I could have written this, it is a fun read you can pick it up and read a couple pages and put it down and it is good. No pressure to read lots of it at once. There is the "nod to stranger when doing similar tasks" It is so true you make eye contact with stranger A and you have that moment, a smile the "nod" and the moment is gone.. it is how the book says you are "like hey we are both walking down the street--lets be friends for a second"
this is the meat of the daily interactions I love and I think human nature thrives on...
So as you go about your day think of all those little interactions with people.... real flesh and blood people.
Cherish those moments, grocery store line-ups, coffee shop barristas, drive through people all good people plugging away filling the day with those little interactions..
life is good, enjoy the journey
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