Couch Cushions

I'll call it a smartphone when I yell "Where's my phone?" and it yells back "Down here in the couch cushions!" (Cool Funny Quotes)

If you own a smartphone, have you ever realized how dependent you are on it, and how much you check it? Consider this fact: “The average smartphone user checks his or her device every six and a half minutes. “ (Arianna Huffington) To bring home my point, provide answers to the following situations. If you’ve ever misplaced (lost) or damaged your smartphone (to the point that it no longer works) describe some of the feelings you may be experiencing? You might be feeling panic or irritation in the above question. If I were to ask you to recite the phone number you use least in your phone contacts (without looking at your smartphone), could you do it?

Smartphones have been created to be user friendly. They are often the brain (or personal assistant) behind the rhythm of your daily life. Smartphones provide you with such things as providing information on a wide variety of topics, takes pictures, wake you up from sleep in the morning and at naptime, remind you of appointments, entertain you, help you to communicate (verbally and in writing), connect you with social media, encourage you, inspire you, promote reading and writing abilities, and give you the ability to listen to literary works (read by narrators and actors).

Now let’s shift from digital to relational. Let me ask you some more questions? Who in your life (right now) do you feel you could not live without? What is it about this individual (or animal) that makes them such a vital part of your existence? Whoever this being is do they know how crucial they are to your sense of well-being? In other words, have you expressed your feelings (and devotion) to them while they are still alive? You don’t want to think of a world without them.

If you have lost your anchor in life, I am sorry for your loss. How have you managed to adapt to your “new normal?” Has time managed to lessen the longing for the presence of this special someone in your life? What lessons have you learned in the midst of this challenge? How are you a better person because you were loved by this special being?

1 Peter 4:8 (VOICE) says: Most of all, love each other steadily and unselfishly, because love makes up for many faults. In the light of eternity, many of the things we get angry about with those we care about really aren’t that important. Are they? I speak to myself when I admit that forgiveness needs to be the theme of my life (as it pertains to others). Human’s time is short here on Earth (compared to eternal life in Heaven). What are you doing to encourage someone to be the best version of themselves that is possible? It’s not as hard to do as you might think.