Limits
By Mary Layton
Who would have known that we would become such slaves to our phones and computers!
They keep us so busy. Even though our devices have made many things convenient, sometimes I think the opposite is also true. They are a pain in the neck. Literally. Our postures are getting worse because we are looking down on our phones all the time. I will drop everything to check out a little beep and ding the phone makes. It has become so important.
I am hooked to this little rectangular thing. And because of hackers, we now have to verify our identity all the time. We hear and see that bigger changes are upon us. This creates anxiety because we don’t know what exactly all this means.
Life is moving at ever faster speeds. We can get so much more done in a day than ever before. But it makes us more nervous, more restless, more irritable. There are just too many details to manage.
Knowing one’s limit requires a certain mode of being. If I have been rushing through my day without any breaks, without a little time out for myself I will simply not know my limit. We need a little time to feel our humanness, so we can remember that love and caring for others brings far better results than abuse and violence. Since we are not robots, what are we? It’s when I slow down, take a walk in nature, practice Tai Chi or Yoga, when I’m involved in a meditative activity that I feel myself to be a breathing, fully human being again.
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