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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Press Zero
To divest oneself of humanity may be more efficient...clean even.
Slick and sleek.
But what are we trying to prove? That we never need to hear a human voice? Never need another human being to help or serve us?
i am tired of self serve...gas stations and self scans at the grocery stores and department stores.
I am tired of choosing all my own options. I want to hear a friendly suggestion from a helpful polite
salesperson. I don't want to bag my own groceries. I don't want to count my own change.
I don't want to access the "automated" telephone system I can by pressing 5.
Sometimes I want to deal with someone like myself.... a messy imperfect human with imperfect scores. That's who I want to sell me something and punch in my sale into some kind of cash register. That is who I want to pump my gas or do my taxes. I was not born entirely by my own effort. My Mom had a lot to do with it, as well as some deft doctor and probably more than one nurse. We can not deliver ourselves into this world. We need each other. We always have and always will.
Needing other humans is not a character flaw.
So sometimes, I will not choose the automated efficient and speedy slick route. I will choose the slow and friendly route without robots and machines, and let another messy human serve me kindly. And yes, I will still press Zero.
Peace,
C.
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Slick and sleek.
But what are we trying to prove? That we never need to hear a human voice? Never need another human being to help or serve us?
i am tired of self serve...gas stations and self scans at the grocery stores and department stores.
I am tired of choosing all my own options. I want to hear a friendly suggestion from a helpful polite
salesperson. I don't want to bag my own groceries. I don't want to count my own change.
I don't want to access the "automated" telephone system I can by pressing 5.
Sometimes I want to deal with someone like myself.... a messy imperfect human with imperfect scores. That's who I want to sell me something and punch in my sale into some kind of cash register. That is who I want to pump my gas or do my taxes. I was not born entirely by my own effort. My Mom had a lot to do with it, as well as some deft doctor and probably more than one nurse. We can not deliver ourselves into this world. We need each other. We always have and always will.
Needing other humans is not a character flaw.
So sometimes, I will not choose the automated efficient and speedy slick route. I will choose the slow and friendly route without robots and machines, and let another messy human serve me kindly. And yes, I will still press Zero.
Peace,
C.
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Monday, May 14, 2018
Do not blog to be heard
Do not blog to be heard...but to hear.
Do not blog to show this to all...but rather to be able to see things differently.
Blog to give yourself an ear to hear yourself and your Maker, swinging gently on the swing of life.
This is a great Tree.
Knowledge is a gift of God. Knowledge is not locked within any book, but sometimes hidden in one.
The appreciation of it comes deep from within the heart of a humble man.
Kindness and gentleness are the apt caretakers of those who love wisdom...who seek to uncover knowledge yet unknown.
Walk gently yes, but always with accuracy and deft of purpose, a waiting heart receives them.
peace,
C.
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Do not blog to show this to all...but rather to be able to see things differently.
Blog to give yourself an ear to hear yourself and your Maker, swinging gently on the swing of life.
This is a great Tree.
Knowledge is a gift of God. Knowledge is not locked within any book, but sometimes hidden in one.
The appreciation of it comes deep from within the heart of a humble man.
Kindness and gentleness are the apt caretakers of those who love wisdom...who seek to uncover knowledge yet unknown.
Walk gently yes, but always with accuracy and deft of purpose, a waiting heart receives them.
peace,
C.
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