Cell Phones – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I’m a bit of a throw back to a time when a person could actually be incommunicado and not swiftly and easily contacted by any and all with a bit of information to share. I don’t feel impelled to answer every ring of the phone or knock at the door. Perhaps because too often the ‘news’ aint all that good or necessary to my happiness.

However, I am not by any stretch of the imagination allergic to modern technology. (This is a blog after all….) There is just the fact that it usually brings with it a good and a bad side. In the case of cell phones they certainly have allowed us to feel safer in certain situations, such as walking or driving alone at night. And they have cut down on missed occasions because we just ‘happened’ to step out of the house when a call came through. Recently my Dad was hospitalized with a heart attack and during his lengthy stay in the hospital they allowed him to use his cell phone to call us and let us know what was happening when we weren’t there, if he needed anything, or just wanted to talk. I was never more thankful for cell phones.

But as we’re all well aware they have also allowed for anyone to interrupt what previously may have been a private. quiet interlude or activity. And not just for you but whoever else may be in the area as well. It really comes down to each individual how they balance technology in their lives. Just because it’s readily available doesn’t always mean that it’s absolutely necessary all of the time.

Sometimes it does a soul good to reach for the ‘off’ button.

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