Daily Om: We are often lured by the promise of
new technologies to make our lives easier and help connect us to
others. While they do so in many ways, they also present each of us with
opportunities to make new choices about how we spend our time and
invest our energy. Most gadgets are generally meant to improve the
quality of our lives, but it is when we spend too much time with them
that they actually do the opposite. By always using our portable
emailers, cell phones, video games, and surfing the Internet, we
actually become less connected and more distracted. By becoming aware of
these tendencies, we harness the power to overcome them and make better
choices for ourselves and our families.
Once we decide to consciously put our gadgets to work for us, we become
masters of our time. We can give our full attention to whatever we are
doing and not let phone conversations and other distractions take the
place of human contact. Each of us has the ability to consciously choose
to be more present in our lives ...read more>>>...