Today's post is from another co-worker/friend of mine in Chicago. John has an interesting relationship with God. I am not even certain he can describe it. I hope you enjoy his post....Are you paying attention?
THE ART OF LOST COMMUNICATION
Here we are on the brink of 2010. The world is undergoing rapid, unprecedented, technological change. Science and
Technology is zooming so far ahead of us it's almost hard to keep up. We have developed a countlesss number of gadgets, devices , and tools to enhance and better our ability to communicate with one another. So, why does it seem like it has only
gotten worse? Sure, you know. We all know. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out something is wrong. I mean really wrong.
Drive through a McDonalds and say you want a large Black Coffee and the response will be.."Cream and Sugar?". Recently
While in a Subway sandwich place the person behind the counter made my sandwich and within seconds before ringing me up asked me what kind of sandwich it was? Huh? I told him to ask the guy that made it 10 seconds before...oh yeah, HIM ! When
I had ordered furniture and they delivered a Couch and a Love Seat instead of a Couch and an oversized chair. When the men came to deliver the proper oversized chair and remove the Love
Seat they brought along another couch to deliver as well. I told them "Look, I have the couch" However, their paperwork had the couch listed on there and the fact that they couldnt leave it
really through them for a loop. Everything seems to be in a state of Confusion.
This all is in relation to the lost Art of Listening. Nobody really pays attention anymore. We are in a world of constant rapid stimulus. Our Beings can not process the rapid fire barage of information. People are driving while talking on their phones while texting..It's crazy. Paying attention
to the road or traffic conditions is secondary. With all the new technology we seem to be at a place
where we are more removed from each other than ever before.
Recently, a customer of mine had shared a story about his seven year old daughter. She had just put together her long list of things she wanted from Santa this year. Upon reading this he explained to her that it had been a rough year for Santa. The current economic climate hadnt been to good to Santa. Sundays, are his daughters days. They choose what they want to do and he spends time with them. Usually means a movie. On this particular Sunday his seven year old wanted to visit TOYS R US. She insisted that her daddy bring a camera. He did. She started taking him around the store stopping him at certain toys and having her picture taken with them. After a couple of Pictures
he had asked her why they were doing this. She expained that "Santa, really got a lot of things screwed up and made a lot of mistakes the year before". She was going to include these pictures
with her letter to Santa to make sure he couldnt screw things up this year!
So even Santa is not immune from the current crisis we are in. Santa needs to pay attention. We
all need to pay more attention. Perhaps, the children of the future can correct this. We can only Hope!
Technology is zooming so far ahead of us it's almost hard to keep up. We have developed a countlesss number of gadgets, devices , and tools to enhance and better our ability to communicate with one another. So, why does it seem like it has only
gotten worse? Sure, you know. We all know. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out something is wrong. I mean really wrong.
Drive through a McDonalds and say you want a large Black Coffee and the response will be.."Cream and Sugar?". Recently
While in a Subway sandwich place the person behind the counter made my sandwich and within seconds before ringing me up asked me what kind of sandwich it was? Huh? I told him to ask the guy that made it 10 seconds before...oh yeah, HIM ! When
I had ordered furniture and they delivered a Couch and a Love Seat instead of a Couch and an oversized chair. When the men came to deliver the proper oversized chair and remove the Love
Seat they brought along another couch to deliver as well. I told them "Look, I have the couch" However, their paperwork had the couch listed on there and the fact that they couldnt leave it
really through them for a loop. Everything seems to be in a state of Confusion.
This all is in relation to the lost Art of Listening. Nobody really pays attention anymore. We are in a world of constant rapid stimulus. Our Beings can not process the rapid fire barage of information. People are driving while talking on their phones while texting..It's crazy. Paying attention
to the road or traffic conditions is secondary. With all the new technology we seem to be at a place
where we are more removed from each other than ever before.
Recently, a customer of mine had shared a story about his seven year old daughter. She had just put together her long list of things she wanted from Santa this year. Upon reading this he explained to her that it had been a rough year for Santa. The current economic climate hadnt been to good to Santa. Sundays, are his daughters days. They choose what they want to do and he spends time with them. Usually means a movie. On this particular Sunday his seven year old wanted to visit TOYS R US. She insisted that her daddy bring a camera. He did. She started taking him around the store stopping him at certain toys and having her picture taken with them. After a couple of Pictures
he had asked her why they were doing this. She expained that "Santa, really got a lot of things screwed up and made a lot of mistakes the year before". She was going to include these pictures
with her letter to Santa to make sure he couldnt screw things up this year!
So even Santa is not immune from the current crisis we are in. Santa needs to pay attention. We
all need to pay more attention. Perhaps, the children of the future can correct this. We can only Hope!
