The Art of Conversation

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
~Colossians 4:6




Put down your cell phone.  Turn off your i-Pad. Leave the DS at home. 

Angry Birds can wait.  Nothing is going to happen on Facebook or Twitter that cannot be read later.  The people you are playing on Words with Friends aren't going anywhere.  Your boyfriend can wait for that text.

We have become a society hooked on our smartphones and our tablets.  We don't go anywhere without them.  We are always connected. 

Everywhere we go, people are always looking at their phones.  The shopping mall, out to dinner, in the car, at sporting events, at church, out with friends.

Right?  When was the last time you went anywhere without your phone?  Or when did you last turn your phone off? When was the last time you left your phone in the car or in your purse and didn't check it for a long stretch of time?

During the holiday season especially, don't forget to focus your attention on the joy around you.  The family and the friends, the reason for the season.  Leave the technology behind this Christmas.

Today's Starfish

I had to go to the doctor today and while I was waiting in the lobby for my appointment, I struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman.  Instead of checking Facebook or catching up on the news, I am pretty sure I made this man's day just by talking to him about the weather, the holidays, his life during his younger years and arthritis.  Sure beats the 12 status updates I could have read!