Today I went to my best friends grandmothers house for a labor day cookout. We all sat and ate really good food and had casual conversation. Then, at the end of the meal and everyone was sitting around getting ready to head back to there perspective homes my friends grandmother called us all to the living room. She stands in the doorway of the living room and begins to talk about the fact that its Sunday and how we should all have Jesus in our hearts and pray to him today and everyday. The moment she started I thought to myself, " oh please make this quick so we can go," but she of course didn't. I kept listening and she actually had a good message. She told us the story of when her husband died. He died of a brain tumor and left her with their four children, 1/4th of the income they once had, and the medical bills. She talked about when she was going through all of those hard times the whole community came together and helped her out and brought her groceries and most whatever else they needed. It got me to think why I don't ever hear good things like this now? I only hear stories of the community coming together when older people talk about it. People will give to charities all day long but when it comes to getting involved personally in someones life seems to be to complicated. I think more people should be more involved and not worry about hoe hard their life is because someone else's life is always harder than your own.
Brittney,
ReplyDeleteYour story raises questions about the degree of connectedness in our culture. Because of modern technologies, it has never been easier to contact people, but at the same time, we use technology often to escape real contact.
Jessica Swan
I completely agree with you. Even though I am guilty for not helping out as much as I should, I still try to help out as much as I can when I know someone is in need. If more people would realize what you just talked about and actually think about ways they could help out, the world would be a better place. Mrs. Swan made a good point too, technology has made it extremely easy to keep in contact with the world around us, but when you actually think about it most people our age use their phones to text their friends, check Facebook and Twitter. They don't actually pick up the phone and call.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a big problem in our society because everything seems to be more important than helping others or actually sit down for a calm, long conversation with your relatives, for example. In my opinion, we cannot only blame on technology, I think this is all happening because people are always in hurry and they don't have time for each other.
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