The Disconnected Connection !!

Lying on my bed... staring and scrolling... my eyelids are drooping... my body has given up my on my stubborn fingers some half an hour back... My mind has stopped supporting me already... And I still want to check that last status update of my some friend whom I barely speak but manage to like all her updates... I turned to the other side of my bed to find my husband religiously following the same sequence with a little shine of information at the corner of his eyes as his list includes news apps along with social connect apps... I find it more as a rescue operation for landing into a less guilty zone... Well! I know the reaction to my this thought... "Wives will be Wives"!  Moving ahead without an inch shift, once our eyes and body strongly oppose to our pigheadedness we put our phone aside and fall quick asleep as another long day is waiting to welcome us !!!

The alarm starts beeping at 6:30 am to drag us out of the bed for a walk and to let go off the fatigue still left after a good 7 hr sleep. Before we could stretch ourselves we stretch our hand to hold the mobile back and check what could have gone wrong or right to the world in those 7 hrs. Nature can't wait so can't we... This leads us to be accompanied by our phone in that hour of the day too... Once we are ready for the walk the lost mature adult inside us shouts loud to have a no gadget 40 min walk... We thoroughly enjoy this moment of a chirping bird, smiling sun, wind blown against our face, feels delighted to see few old couple holding hands, children enjoying the swim and the cooling effect of sweat and wind... With those happy times each day we go back and rest with our cup of green tea... The tea is the signature moment to charge us up and boost our spirit for the entire day... And as we start I turn on the music app at my mobile, watch the time on the same device, breakfast and milk and then the mobile to book a cab for office... The sequence of scroll up and down is up for the entire day... Get bored then scroll up and down, talk to people then scroll up and down, go for a walk with colleague then scroll up and down, attend the meeting where you are not able to find your interest then scroll up and down, feel something and anything then upload, do something and anything then upload, read some message and share, don't read any message and share, then again scroll up and down... Smile with more likes, Angry without the desired like, Mad when your husband likes someone else update and ignore yours, Hide when someone tags you in the check-in you did not plan to inform your wife about... Back to home then scroll up and down... Play some solo game on the device... Watch some videos on the same... Then scroll up and down... and then repeat !!!

In the world of the scroll, we have rolled our own lives to an anonymous world of disconnection... We claim to know more people now, we feel all emotions on the basis of someone's few still photos, we claim to be in touch by following someone on social media, we claim to be part of the event by a tag on the app, we feel the pain of a poor child, we feel the responsibility to share the missing information, we claim to be everywhere, we feel we are with everyone...

BUT

We fail to know the person next to us... We fail to feel happy about coming back home to more people... We fail to understand happiness which is not a status update... We fail to share the emptiness of people around... We fail to express ourselves for all good reasons... We fail to bring smile beyond likes... We fail to filter the right information to circulate... We fail to share the responsibility towards companionship... We fail to carry the burden of  being accountable... We fail to understand the importance of important...

I AGREE

We have become more aware of many social issues... We have grown closer with the technology... We have assured a little personal security with the right devices... We have got more exposure to grow technically and financially... We have a better life support... We have a better platform to vouch our opinion... We have a place to find all answer to our child's curosity... We have equipped ourselves with resources on our finger tip... We have become more classy , more exquisite and what not...

STILL

Why do we miss the family laughter time... Is tunning in to some tv-series or web-series serving the purpose? Why do we miss celebration... Is sending a message on some app or uploading a picture on other serving the pupose? Why do we miss playtime... Is playing a video game or any of your PS version making more sense? Why don't we see a group of friends sitting in a coffee shop or a tea stall... Is sharing the high score on some gaming app doing the job?

SO

Express Love !! Meet People !! Invite People !! Share Yourself with your Parents !! Sing a Romantic Song to your Spouse !!  Play an Outdoor Game with your Kid !! Care for Your Health !! Laugh with your Siblings !! Capture the Smile of You with People You Love !!

Let us evolve by not being a slave to the technology but by being a good friend... A friend who is a solution provider but not a trouble maker... Let us be socially active for showing our love and respect to others... But not abuse the person who is next to us... Let us be the reason of someone's smile... And not the victim of stay connected trap... Let us share responsibility of circulating only the right message... But not the message which can disturb the peace of oneself or nation... Let us be more Human and less Robot !! Let us be more Connected and less Disconnected !!