Connection ... oh how lost it is

 It’s funny, I was about to write another post when it came to me that I should write about connection.

Aside from human connection and the fact that we’ve lost how to communicate and how to connect with people everything is now online, virtual and fake. 

I realized even writing has lost a bit of its connection. Back in the day we would take a pen and a paper and we would write. Then pen and paper became ribbon to paper aka a typewritter.  After that we introduced the computer, even with a computer you can still type keys however now a days I can just dictate everything into my phone, but I must admit it doesn’t feel the same. It doesn’t feel as if I’ve accomplished something when I do it this way. It feels like it’s missing something .. heart ?  Soul?  Perhaps the connection for me lays in the tapping of keys.  

When you look around you realize that we have prepared meals, in the grocery store there’s chopped up fruits and vegetables as if we can’t even do that anymore. Everything has become easy and fool proof. There’s no longer any effort that really needs to go into anything it’s just there. 

Want a meal?  Call Uber eats.  Want clothes shop online.  Need something? Order it and get it delivered next day .. why bother to go to the store ? When we can stay at home and avoid human contact.

We used to garden, we used to pay attention to the soil, seasons and we used to take pride in growing things now all we have to do is go to the grocery store when we need something and pick it up.

It’s kind of sad but everyone is looking for connection yet so afraid of actually putting themselves out there and if they do receive it, how to handle it when they get it. However a lot of people are afraid to even put an effort in to obtain it but perhaps the reason why they don’t put an effort in is because they haven’t had to put an effort anywhere else in their life. 

So the question now begs how do we get back to where we were? Can we even get back to where we were? Should we even go back to where we were? Or will North America become like some societies where everything is stone cold, depersonalized and literally you can pay someone (a stranger) to come hug you hold you and pretend to be your friend for a while.