While I was in Ecuador in a taxi on the way from one bus station to the next so I could get to our next location, I was just overwhelmed by all the things I’ve learned and seen this past year. As 2020 has now began, I want to share a thought I had with you.
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After a year of traveling you realize the things you can’t live without. Clean running water, a flushing toilet, good friends and maybe a book. And as time has passed I’ve realized how hard it is to come by good friends. What I’ve come to realize is that the more distance you put between people, the more you begin to miss them. The more you reach out to people and acknowledge the fact that you wish they were there. But yet, the moment they return back home, no actions are actually taken in order to change the fact you haven’t seen them in forever. That’s what blows my mind. We live in a world where words mean more than actual actions. We say sorry for things and yet continue to do those same things regardless of the words we just said. Our promises mean nothing and our words are practically useless. Time is no longer of essence or importance because I can read up on your life through whichever social media I choose. Why is this? Why is it that we would rather post about life than actually share it with people? Social media has taken away the freedoms we have to actually just live life because we are always seeking out the next post, the next picture that someone else will envy. And we wonder why we live empty lives.. always striving for the next thing. So how do we change this? We put our phones down. Easier said than done because I’m currently typing this up on my phone that is always accessible. But what if we sat our phones down and actually picked up a conversation with a person. Relationships would be less superficial and more meaningful. Maybe people would be less likely to shoot up buildings because someone actually spent the time to talk to that person and realize they just needed some attention to get out of their head. And maybe I’m wrong, but what if I’m not? If we spent as much time with other people as we did with our phones can you imagine the amount of change that could happen? Wow.
