There are a few of us who still do not use all the options for “connecting” on the internet.

There are even fewer who see major human problems developing with communication technology.

‘Get in touch on line’ is an oxymoron to me, and yet many people accept using the system to the hilt.

The meaning of ‘communication’ has changed.  The meaning of ‘friend’ has changed.  The meaning of ‘like’ has changed.  The meaning of ‘connecting’ has changed.

A vital, close, human relationship requires communication, but communication does not make a relationship.  We must get closer than just communication.  We need eye contact and touch to complete a relationship.

The closest human relationship makes the point most dramatically.

Can on-line marriage counseling be enough?

Can on-line marriage rebuilding be complete?

On-line marriage intimacy is absurd.

 

Getting in touch on-line has severely watered down many words that are essential to close, meaningful, human relationships.  And these simple words that expressed and protected fresh, fragile, deep connections from heart to heart, have not been replaced, leaving unexpressed vast voids in the hearts of many.

We know people who don’t understand this or don’t care, and so we substitute more and more time punching keys and “communicating” in ways that actually keep us farther apart.

Relationships? – – – too busy to build the real thing, in person, with time, and touch.

Think about it.  Today, try to build a real relationship with a real person, in real life, with a real face, with a real touch showing the real meaning of like, with a real hug showing the real meaning of friend, communicating and connecting———-outside of technology.

What a difference you could make!