Keeping it Real

I've been doing some thinking about how we communicate electronically these days. There's e-mail. There's texting. Gone are the days of a handwritten letter unless it comes from a mother who writes to let me know how she feels about me these days, and chooses to fire off four pages to do so. I'm sorry. That was personal. Moving on.

Gone are the days of a phone call, too, it seems. It's sad. We used to be a talking people. Now we're a texting and e-mailing people. The thrill of conversation is gone. People feel that e-mails and texts serve as valid methods of meaningful communication these days. That's pathetic. I can't get with that. I want to hear you. I want to see you. I want to be seen and heard. I want interpersonal communciation.

I want relationship the way it was intended to be. Two people RELATING to each other. You can't establish trust through text or e-mail. You can't establish anything real online. You have to be real with real people, not their artificial proxies, whether it's a phone (landline or cell), cell phone (for texting) or computer. Get some face time, people.

Be real.