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Are we lost in a cyberworld?

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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blog, change, culture, digitaL, family, inspiration, internet

The artificial electronic light that emits from small handheld devices hypnotises millions of people worldwide every minute. We turn to the artificial light like flowers to the sun, soaking in the rays from an intangible cyberworld. In a trance-like state we stare at our screens losing track of time, losing track of the physical world. Instead we live life through a screen.
What was meant to connect us with the world could actually be distancing ourselves further from our own lives.

I completely understand the benefits of connecting one edge of the world to another in milliseconds. We are now more aware of injustice, disease and suffering elsewhere and this allows the opportunity for humanity to unite and help in any way possible. However I also understand the dangers of the internet – of getting lost in a web of faceless interactions and people encroaching on others privacy.

Increasingly more of life operates quite through a screen including socialising, ordering groceries and playing Playstation games with friends from the comfort of separate homes. Despite this, we can’t live through a screen.

Ever taken a picture of something but found the digital image didn’t do real life justice? No angle, flash or Instagram filter could capture the moment in it’s perfection. That’s because life is better without the screen.

So let the revolution begin! Put down your phone, your laptop, your i-pad and relish the world. Awaken all your senses. Savour that breath of air, look out the window and really see the world.
We are blessed to be alive right at this moment. Live it in the moment. (No screen necessary).

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We hope for change as change holds hope.

20 Monday Oct 2014

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change, hope, humans, inspiration, optimism

I always hear the phrase ‘People do not like change.’ But I disagree. I love change! At least a change for the better or at the very least, it’s equivalent.

Humans have sought change throughout existence. Our ingrained curiosity and imagination is how we discovered electricity, aeroplanes, medications and even fashion. These inventions have changed each and everyone of our lives.

Change is essential for development but change is also vital to adapt, evolve and survive. It is the crux for the survival of the fittest.

Change can be a platform for bad as much as it is for progress, therefore we can use change as a comparator; as we do not always know if we have found our prime unless we make a change.

If tomorrow took the form of a symbol it would be a question mark. That question mark, that blank canvas, allows our imagination to run amok and dream up any change possible or not.

It is the concept of change that drives humankind (despite many aversion). Essentially change and hope reside hand in hand.

We hope for change as change holds hope.

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