I recently read and interesting article on yahoo on texting and the lost art of speaking. Although texting may be easier and another form of communication, it is growing shallow people in how they communicate, discuss, debate, share and so on. Texting may allow us to stay connected more often because its quick but the depth of our connecting is shallow. It's almost like tape...I can stick a stickie note to you and be connected but only when I use duct tape that I am so connected that it would hurt to disconnect. It does not hurt at all to remove a stickie note. So how do we fix this? Texting isn't going away right now. What can we do as adults, as the mentors and teachers of the next generation? How are we going to teach them to deal with difficult people and situations? How are we going to find a way to use the way THEY communicate to reach them? How are we going to help them to stay committed to God, to each other..for work, for marriage, for friendships and so on. If their lives are full of one sentence comments, then how are they going to go any deeper and get at the heart of issues. There isn't any foundation otherwise. So I would love to hear from you...to hear what you think? Email me at swiatocho@gmail.com
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