I HAVE 422 FRIENDS YET I AM LONELY...... I have 422 friends yet I am lonely I speak to all of them everyday yet none of them really know me The problem I have sits in the space in-between Looking into their eyes or at a name on a screen I took a step back and opened my eyes I looked round and realised This media we call social is anything but when we open our computers and its our doors we shut All this technology we have its just an illusion Community, companionship, a sense of inclusion When you step away from this device of delusion You awaken to see a world of confusion A world where were slaves to the technology we mastered Where information gets sold by some rich, greedy bastard A world of self-interest, self-image, self-promotion Where we all share our best bits but leave out the emotion Were at our most happy with an experience we share But is it the same if no one is there? Be there for your friends and theyll be there too But no one will be if a group message will do We edit and exaggerate, crave adulation We pretend not to notice the social isolation We put our words into order till our lives are glistening We dont even know if anyone is listening Being alone isnt the problem let me just emphasise If you read a book, paint a picture, or do some exercise Youre being productive and present not reserved and reclused Youre being awake and attentive and putting your time to good use So when youre in public and you start to feel alone Put your hands behind your head, step away from the phone You dont need to stare at your menu or at your contact list Just talk to one another, learn to co-exist I cant stand to hear the silence of a busy commuter train When no one wants to talk for the fear of looking insane Were becoming unsocial, it no longer satisfies To engage with one another and look into someones eyes. Were surrounded by children who since they were born Have watched us living like robots and think its the norm Its not very likely youll make worlds greatest Dad If you cant entertain a child without using an iPad When I was a child Id never be home Id be out with my friends, on our bikes wed roam Id wear holes in my trainers and graze up my knees Or build our own clubhouse high up in the trees Now the park is so quiet it gives me a chill See no children outside and the swings hanging still Theres no skipping, no hopscotch, no church and no steeple Were a generation of idiots, smart phones and dumb people So look up from your phone, shut down the display Take in your surroundings, make the most of today Just one real connection is all it can take To show you the difference that being there can make Be there in the moment as she gives you the look That you remember forever as when love overtook The time she first held your hand or first kissed your lips The time you first disagreed but still loved her to bits The time you dont have to tell hundreds of what youve just done Because you want to share this moment with just this one. The time you sell your computer so you can buy a ring For the girl of your dreams who is now the real thing The time you want to start a family and the moment when You first hold your little girl and get to fall in love again The time she keeps you up at nights and all you want is rest And the time you wipe away the tears as your baby flees the nest The time your baby girl returns with a boy for you to hold And the time he calls you Grandad and makes you feel real old The time you take in all youve made when youre giving life attention And how youre real glad you didnt waste it by looking down at some invention The time you hold your wifes hand, sit down beside her bed. You tell her that you love her, lay a kiss upon her head. She then whispers to you quietly as her heart gives a final beat That shes lucky she got stopped by that lost boy in the street But none of these times ever happened. You never had any of this When youre too busy looking down, you dont see the chances you miss So look up from your phones, shut down those displays We have a finite existence, a set number of days Dont waste your life getting caught in the net because when the end comes, nothings worse than regret I am guilty too of being part of this machine this digital world we are heard but not seen where we type as we talk and read as we chat where we spend hours together without making eye-contact So dont give in to a life where you follow the hype Give people your love, dont give them your like Disconnect from the need to be heard and defined Go out into the world, leave distractions behind Look up from your phone, shut down the display Stop watching this video, live life the real way. youtube/watch?v=zA5SK0usRZE
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:32:25 +0000
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