Don't you just love it when you walk into your living room and you see your brother on his laptop, your dad on the phone and your mum and sister heavily engrossed in the TV programme they are watching.
No-one was talking to each other. A part of me felt like shutting down the wireless connection, turning off the TV and
demanding that my dad take us to the park so we can have a
picnic and
throw a Frisbee around or
whatever it is families do at parks.
Why did I have this incredulous idea?
I have no idea.
But it was nothing more than an idea. If I'm honest, that scenario was never ever going to happen for two reasons.
A) that is just not what my family do anymore and
B) grey clouds filled the sky that day like fireworks on bonfire night.
Instead, I decided to just
marvel at technology. As you do. I mean, everything is so
fast and just there,
in your face.
There are no excuses anymore. I can do my shopping
online, I can learn a language
online, I can pass a degree
online, I can see my friends
online through Skype, I can watch films
online, I can get an
online job. If I wanted to, I could just never leave the house.
Ever.
Everything is just so
fast...
Fast food, fast cars, next day delivery, e-mail, text messages.
We are a generation of 'fast' and 'speed' and 'I want it right now'.
We have been shaped to be impatient.
Waiting.
What is that? It's like we never have to wait around anymore. And when we do,
it's the worst feeling in the world, like waiting for the bus or waiting around A&E for hours. Technology has taken over. I wouldn't be surprised if we had robots next to do our cleaning like in I,Robot. I'm sure people are working on that you know. How cool would that be though?
We are a generation of 'fast' and 'speed' and 'I want it right now'.
We are also a generation of dreamers and believers.
Never has it been so
easy to be who you want to be. Most of the time its a case of being in the right place at the right time but if you have real talent and persistence, its as if there is nothing you can not do or become.
You have the music and film industry spitting out stars over night. Xfactor and Youtube means there really is
no excuses.
You wanna be a
singer?
You wanna be an
actor?
You wanna live in
Hollywood?
Do it. Just do it.
Even in Uni. There are opportunities left right and centre. It's great. Life is great.
I think we are
ambitious.
I think we
less likely to give up entirely on dreams, ideas, projects that we want to see through.
I think we are
aiming higher
and higher.
And that is goooooood. Because if you aim to see the stars, you are most definitely going to see the clouds.
And that is just as good.
"The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it." - Michelangelo
