Technology
Technology is wonderful when it works.
My 10-year-old + cell phone decided to complain about aching bones the other day and even after I sent it in for an operation, it came back sicker than ever.
The phone doctor is trying again to resurrect the old lady - tomorrow morning will bring the final prognosis.
It amazes me how dependent we have become on a little piece of electronic equipment that fits into your hand. It controls your banking, your grocery shopping, and all contact with the outside world. I can't even check my bank balance without it!
I've also become aware that things around here these last few days are very laid back and unharried. The lack of pings and pops as messages arrive has slowed things down considerably.
The only problem is that the important people in my life are now only available in a very distant way - namely via email or FaceBook messenger - but my poor 82-year-old mom has just mastered WhatsApp and learning a new app is almost asking too much. So I email my sister-in-law and she goes over to my mom and reads her the mail. I don't get a reply though! Hopefully, by the end of 2023, I will have a working phone again!
My children are happy to contact me via email or messenger, but it feels so distant. I can't hear their voices and it feels like 2nd-hand communication. We are so spoilt. I am, however, grateful that we are at least able to communicate in some way. Again, hopefully, this trial will not continue for very long.
I am grateful to HaShem for so many things. He is so good to me. I choose to settle into this "incognito" time with shalom and trust in Him that He is the Mighty Mashgiach and that everything that happens to me is by His design and purpose. I know that however long this takes, He has a good reason for it, whether I know it or not. I am grateful that He has taught me to trust Him. I know it sounds silly having to trust God that I will again have a phone, but for someone who lives alone and sees very few real, live people, it's very easy to feel alienated and isolated.
I choose to be a Grateful Granny instead of a Grumpy Granny - speaking of which: I miss my little grandson and look forward to seeing him in early January again. The sooner my fixed phone comes back to me, the sooner I can phone the precious 8-year-old livewire again for bedtime prayers. I'm very grateful that he allows me to pray with him every night (when I've got a working phone, that is!)
From my home to yours, Layla Tov 🌔 🌟
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ReplyDeleteSo very true … something that’s been on my heart a lot over the last year. It is such a blessing but also saddens me how we’ve become so enslaved to it in some ways. I sometimes wonder whether we’ve forgotten how to be resourceful in making other efforts in communications outside of technology … ??
ReplyDeleteBless you Penny, your writings are a blessing. I give thanks for you, rejoicing to see you using the gifts He has given you … keep going … 🙌🏻♥️🥰 xx