Never in the history of the Internet Age has one form of communication had the same affect on us all as the Text Message. Instant messaging and of course email were the precursors to this 21st Century phenomena that carries more than just words for our eyes to scan and our hearts and minds to flutter over.
The spoken word is still the most expedient mode of expressing what our mind purports to pretend what we are thinking when we open our mouth and watch words disappear like the condensation of our breath on a cold wintry morning. But words leave our consciousness as quickly as they are uttered unless we hear words of love or on a bad day admonitions from those that lay claim to have power over us. But the text message is the true wonder of the age.
Not only do ‘texts’ stay with us longer than the spoken word but it also lays claim to a weight that brings meaning to words as they were originally intended. We look at the typed phrases and a sentence across our 4G phones and our mind slows to a snails pace as we now read instead of merely listen. Listening is one skill we humans fail miserably at but when we read to ourselves the internal dialogue we speak resonates with our third chakra like words from another never could. In essence we pay stricter attention to what we are saying to ourselves even though we are not saying it.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. There is nothing like the sound of a friend's voice or a hand written note. Either one says I am put my time and thought into a communication with you. Techies do it your way . I still like the old fashion methods, I find a single word email or abbreviated text insulting .
ReplyDeleteJb, you are not 'wrong". It's nice to remain in contact with our loved ones throughout the day. Texting allows us to do this without us becoming annoying or interrupted from necessary things such as jobs and errands.
ReplyDeleteKeeping writing JB. You are not "wrong", the prior reader simply disagrees.