In this hi-tech generation almost all of us have a smartphone.
We carry it throughout the day to check messages, latest updates and even
during spare hours in a day which we get to relax for some time. While
journeying in metro, partying with friends, dinning with family, during class
lectures, evening walk and even while driving on road; our eyes remain glued
to the phone screen as if it is going to give solution to all problems.
It's an addiction eating up our real world little by little. To be precise, our
virtual world is superseding our real world. Even the warmth of love, gratitude
and relations have become digital; easy to manipulate (status). No commitment.
There are days when we feel a void inside; wanting someone to just sit and
listen what we have to say, to exchange a few kind words and get inspired by
someone's life experience. It becomes hard to start up a conversation with a
person sitting next to you with all his attention either in mobile screen or an
ear- plugged to music. This is an act of
ignorance, unintentionally though. We have made a private world of
our own and that's the major reason for weakening of relations, friendship and
understanding.
It's high time to reconcile the gap between us and our real
world where there are people waiting for us to have our attention… to love,
share and care. Nature follows the notion of giving and receiving. So, why not associate our happiness of togetherness with the nature.
Last month when dad
asked my elder brother to buy grocery from a nearby shop, he refused to go just
because he wanted to spend some more time chatting with his friends over his
phone. Realizing his constant change in behavior and cut-off from his
responsibilities, dad and I came up with a plan. We decided that every day
for one hour we will close all the lights in our home except in our drawing
room. No use of electric appliances other than the fan and an LED tube light in
the room. Initially, it was very discomforting to stop all work sharp at 9:00
pm till 10:00 pm and sit in a room for random discussion. Many a times, my
brother and I lost our patience sitting without gadgets in hand. It was
surprising to notice after a week, that one hour became our most favorite part
of the day in which mom and dad shared about their past experiences, their
childhood, college days and professional life. I was amazed at the fact how
less we knew about our own parents. After a month, my brother asked dad that
why we have to switch off every electric appliance for an hour during our
conversation. To which dad replied, ‘’each day for
one hour we not only do family get-together and discussion without disturbance
but also we save up energy. Think, all this while when you don't use your laptop, printer, mobile phones, television; you contribute a support to the global mission of saving energy. Let nature too smile with us’’. And we both
hugged him tightly.
This post has been exclusively written for Kissan India .
interesting :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a nice idea .... serves a double purpose - saves energy as well as grows family bonding.
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