Face to Face

     Do you have a cell phone? How about social media? What do you do with these things? Do you sit in a room by yourself, yet still think that you are not alone? This is what our generation is coming to. Suddenly we do not need the touch of a significant other, yet need to constantly keep a charge on our battery in case they call. Today we are happier with the applications we have on our phones than we are seeing someone we love face to face. Am I the only one to see this fault in our society? I'd like to think not.

     There are plenty of people who don't own a cell phone, Facebook, or anything of that matter. I am impressed by them and root them on in the hopes that someday, someone who is more focused on books than how many likes they can get on a status, will come to want to lead our country. Then, there are the other people of society whose whole life revolves around being able to post something that will get people to like them.

     While I have social media, I do have limits. I will not let my phone and accounts run  my life. In fact, today I left my phone at home while I ran errands with my mom simply because I wanted to spend quality time with her and not have any distractions. Not many people my age are willing to do that. I am proud to say that I can, and willingly at that!

     The one goal I have for our society is that we can step back from all of the lit up screens and still be able to come up with conversation, and have it be a valuable conversation at that! I want to be able to say that we don't need new updates to Snapchat that enable us to make video calls to each other. I want to be able to say that kids now focus on becoming better in school and focusing on their future rather than partying and posting pictures about it the next day so that people can like it and become more popular.

     If we can do that, I honestly think that we could go somewhere in life. America as a whole. However, it all starts with you. I hope that this post could make you realize that there are faults in what we do today, sitting on our couches, not talking to a soul. Being alone when we think we are around all the people we could ever need. There's so much we could do to further our chances in life. So start leaving your phone at home. turn it off for a few hours. Just try unplugging yourself from the online world and try connecting to people face to face. I promise it's worth it. You don't know what you are truly missing.

Unplugged
~Hangin' from a clotheslinee