I was listening to The Fish this morning, and they were having people call in about how technology is ruining their family time and what they do about it. You can imagine some of the comments: kids text the whole ride home and never say a word to parent, kids spend all their time in their rooms gaming, etc. This really got my brain going.
Everything we do and everything we say is a choice. Not only do we choose where to live, what school to go to, what car to drive, and other larger decisions, but also we choose to make smaller decisions throught the day. We choose how we respond to certain people, how we speak, what we say, how we think, who we’re influenced by, and whom we influence. Sadly most Americans think that society decides those things, but the fact of the matter is we all must choose how we function in society. I CAN’T STAND, ABHOR, DESPISE, LOATHE, DETEST, [any other adjective you think of !] this mentality that people have that makes them feel like they have no choices in life, whatever path they’re on was handed to them, and there’s absolutely NOTHING they can do to change.