I was driving around with a friend today and we got to talking about facebook, the internet and texting and how it has changed our lives. What came to mind and out of my mouth shocked even me.

There are pros and cons to instant messaging. For example, you have time to think about your response and can make an intelligent reply and check your spelling ect. You can delete your first 5 attempts of expressing yourself wrongly before you get the perfect reply that won't offend.

Some of the benefits of texting are also pit falls. When you send a message/text they can't see your facial expressions or your tone of voice. They cant even see your true initial reaction. They only receive your fine tuned reply. It really take the pressure off of you to know that you are not having a face to face conversation and you have the safety net of blind communication... but is it really good?

Ok so all this wonderful technology..... what is the catch?

All of my kids use online and texting to communicate with me. Most of them say they "hate" the phone. Truth is I don't like the phone much either. Not when it is so much easier to instant message. Who wants to talk face to face. It puts you on the spot! Your pressed not only to say the right thing instantly but you have to pull it off with all the right facial expressions and body language! YIKES!!

So we go through our lives.. texting, blogging, facebooking the things we want people to see. But that is exactly all you get when you receive a message.. is the front that that person puts up.

When I look at my kids and even myself I can see that all this technology has made us lazy and too comfortable with blind communication. It grows phobias and socially ackward people who are just not comfortable making the simplest of phone calls. We have been robbed of expressive facial and body movement, emotionally charged voices and the story that only eyes can tell.

Do you get an emotional comfort from a texting *hug* ? Me neither. I'm making it my goal to reverse this attempt to kill peoples ability to see the real me. I told my girlfriend she would be so proud of me because I recently called four girlfriends in the same day!! She just grinned at me and said "Was it at the Harvest Festival?" lol It actually was NOT.. but she knows me too well! =op

I just wanted to expose this because when I really took a true look at this today is astounded me just how much was stolen from me without me even realizing it!. BOO DEVIL!