Technology speed, method, logistics, immediacy, data faster than images, images faster than voice/text/clicks. Everybody communicates.
Unless you’ve opt-out. Or never opted in.
Gap between ‘those who’ vs. ‘those who don’t’ widens. Speed, therefore the differences are widening. So how do we bridge that chasm, and does it matter?
I believe it matters. Sure, smart people can argue opposite statistics. I don’t have stats and graphs proofs, but I want strong feelings. Recent experiences have reinforce and VAILDATE this view: ‘being out there’ with feelings, being strong, advancing our ideas, views and concerns about importance of issues and magnitude of problems we all share.
Silence is easy – believing we can’t makes differences; but we can!
Go ahead, make someone’s day, communicate! Great. Just one catch – make sure it is truth you are telling.
Now you’re cookin’ …
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