fredag 30 november 2012

Life is lived off-line

Feeling vulnerability, uncertainty, stress and a sense of emptiness is part and parcel of being a human. Admitting your own shortcomings and trying to learn from your mistakes is strength and a great gift. Openness to the outside world beyond your social sphere and sharing your challenges in life to others in a forum like a blog is currently seen as a normal procedure.


I have also been talking about “sharing is loving” or so. I only wonder where this telling instinct comes from. The very existence of language has formed our lives and given us structures and institutions that are peculiar to human-beings. Our sophistication is not solely dependent on linguistic, rational thinking and planning but our curiosity and restlessness.

Hoping for a better tomorrow is what drives us all. Sharing each other’s journey in the bumpy road of life is probably the most human thing to do. It gives us magnanimous recognition from other fellow citizens and a sense of communality in a way. Confidence among people is always built on words that are materialized in actions.

The ups and downs of modern life and the rapid changing of information technology put us under pressure 24/7. We are always “online” these days and the “off-line” life is not recommended. I do not embrace this development wholeheartedly as I do not think it suits us all well. I do not think either that we have the need to be online all the time.

It is in our imaginations that we feel that “the world goes down” if I do not check my email, facebook, sms etc. Now. Life is lived off the line. Let us keep ourselves away from the wire at least most of the times. We are actually the cause of our vulnerability sometimes.

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