Unplugging

Sometimes in life you need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the "city life". I know for me, it's essential for my well being. I'm reflecting back to when I was in Elementary and Middle School (and even high school); those were the best days. I didn't have a cell phone until I got a car and even then, I didn't have a clue on what text messaging was or what a "pic message" was. Forget about the internet or smart phones; those didn't even exist.

What I'm saying is I grew up without all these electronic communication devices and I turned out normal. For me, unplugging is going back to my childhood/adolescent days. The days where playing outside was the "norm" and when video games/facebook weren't known about. I had the opportunity to be "unplugged" from technology this past weekend and I absolutely loved every moment of it. I enjoyed being able to go outside and read a book without the distraction of a cell phone or a computer giving me facebook updates every minute.

I enjoyed the simplistic view of life; where people hung outside and talked in chairs and the fun was watching people play in the pool or watch a game of frisbee golf. These are the moments when I can finally breath a sigh of relief and just enjoy "being" and not "doing".

I remember in one of my classes I took, the teacher said that we are human "beings" not human "doings". We have the tendency to do, do, do and not just "be". It's definitely hard when the world around you is going in fast forward and you are trying to keep up with it all. For me, I need to remind myself that I need to slow down and be in the place of "being". Sure things will still get done and emails will get responded to but in the "being" attitude not the "doing" attitude.

God himself wasn't one to work all the time. When He created, He didn't do it all on one day. He took his time and created over a period of days. In fact, once the work was all done, He rested. So if my thinking serves me correctly/logically, shouldn't we take time to rest just like the creator of the universe. I can guarantee that He did much more than we ever did. If He can rest, we can rest.

So what does the above have to do with unplugging? Alot. It's saying that we need to take time to just "be" take the time to enjoy life and not let it pass us by. We fill our days way too much with "things to do" and pretty soon a year has gone by and what was important has slowly been pushed to the back. Especially for families who have kids; it's when you look and find that the 5 year old with bouncing curls is now an 18 year old getting ready to graduate high school and you wonder where the time has gone.

I'm not saying unplug completely but try to just "be" more than just "do". I can guarantee that life won't pass you by as quickly and that you will remember more moments than if you did if you were just "doing".