why do we live in a world where we know so many people and yet we know so few? little plastic devices make it so easy to keep in touch with the plastic people of our lives... how are you? i'm fine, how's it going? good, alright... what's up? nothing, you? yeah, nothing... texting, instant messenger, email, cell phones, mobiles... all plastic...
when did we stop being real? in an overcrowded world, i know too many people that are lonely... i'm a victim of this feeling... and i really shouldn't... i have amazing friends who know the inside and out of me, probably better than i do, and they definitely care more about my well-being than i do... my family loves me, and misses me... i've been removed from so many of them... my comfort zone includes the people i can turn to and complain to and go on crazy adventures with and that's missing from my life right now... i crave that instantaneous response that comes with the plastic life...
so what do i do? sit in my bed or cry?
or go out and care about the other lonely people, ask them how they REALLY are and take the time for an answer?
does it matter if anyone ever asks me the same question back?
i think of Jesus in the garden of Gethsamane... He was alone, he asked his best friends to keep him company, just by being there, awake... they failed... i think of Jesus in the desert, tempted by the devil... no one was there to back him up... I think of Jesus on the cross... His own Father turned His head away... he was alone like no one will ever be alone... in order that no one will ever be alone...
that should make it easier... He understands... but i yearn for the day when i actually understand that...
what if God was one of us... just a stranger on the bus... trying to make His way home...
nobody calling on the phone... 'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome...
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