The power of (doing) nothing

The value of waiting is overly despised and wholly underrated. We all, at one time or another, will be forced to wait either because we have to or because we are forced too. The delayed plane, the doctor’s surgery or waiting on the boss. It happens and as frustrating as this may be there is either the option to pace and complain and to worry. Or we can watch the world float by, see the myriad of different people drift across our paths and see them in our own light. The young men with ill-fitting suits and crooked ties, the ladies older enough to know better in knee high boots and short skirts, harassed mothers dragging children in their wake. This is the picture of life as it really, often lost now as we gaze franticly into our mobile devices and wait for the next tweet or status update.

So engrained has this online social connection become we often spend time with our faces lit by the eerie glow of the smart phone whilst in the company of real people, in real situations.

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It may seem strange for an author of a blog to suggest logging out.  On the other hand, there are plenty who advocate a day off from social media and I can see the attraction. But I wholeheartedly support the value of just being whilst waiting. You’ll learn more about life than any social network can ever provide and without the associated anxiety that can bring!

My two cents on the matter: log out and just be. Something that you could never have thought possible could occur and you were lucky enough not to have your vision distorted by the screen on your smartphone or the glowing “red eye” of a Blackberry. That’s my two cents. Keep the change.