I have always been in awe of Deepika Padukone.She is someone whom every girl wants to emulate and every guy wants to be with.Isn't it true?!? But , Recently when I read an article of hers claiming that she had been suffering from depression I was shell shocked. I mean " How can she be depressed?!?" She has everything. Truth be told, I was amazed that someone as popular as her could be in such a state. First of all my respect for her grew leaps and bounds as "Depression" is a topic no one dares to speak about so kudos to her for bringing this ghastly disease into limelight. This made me think that we all form assumptions about people and have no idea about their battles. Just by seeing a few pictures on Instagram / Facebook / Snap Chat we assume that such and such person is so happy and we end up comparing our lives with their virtual world. What we fail to understand is the virtual world is just a pretty layered cake. STOP COMPARING !!! And stop feeling bad about yourself. If you have a roof over your head , a few good friends , a nice and loving family and enough food on your plate , you are more blessed than you could ever imagine . Count your blessings!
Technology has solved many a problems and we just can't do without them . But , at the same time it has created a distance between people. Where at one point parties were all about meeting people eating good food and just letting yourself be . Today , they are all about taking pictures of the food and posting it on Instagram , snapchatting the duck faces and people peeking into their phones all the time. We don't even listen to what the other person is saying , 8 out of 10 people are dug deep down into the screens of their phones . We are a bunch of lunatics who hang out not with people but with our mobile phones . Really?!? Have we gotten this sad in life . We have stopped living in the moment and have started dwelling in the likes and comments of our facebook pictures . Ask yourself a question , when was the last time you gave your phone a rest and actually heard what the other person was saying! " Putting your phone away and Paying attention to those talking to you?!? There is an App for that it's called " RESPECT" .
I happened to enter a room and there were five kids of the same age and I was appalled to see them , 2 of them were watching television , one of them was playing a game on the iPad the other one was reading a book and the fifth child was taking a cat nap . I was furious at seeing this sight , What has happened to us ?!? Has technology made us so pathetic ?!? I remember when I was a kid all I wanted to do was play and play. But , unfortunately the only physical activity the kids of Gen X and Y are into , is in their 2 hour session of PS3's , wee and etc . Parents I know you want the best for your kids but please introduce them to the parks , to the outdoor activities , let them get muddled in dirt . And Please , don't give them phones/ iPads at the age of six and seven. Don't let technology ruin their childhood. Let them Enjoy! Let them be.
And, as for you Look up, Look around be a master of the Technology not a slave of it. Be in the moment , live in that moment . Forget doing things for Facebook ,whatsapp or Instagram . Take the memories with you .Listen to people , talk to them , get to know them better not by stalking their profile but by knowing them in person . Take lots of pictures , frame them and put it on the walls of your rooms and not on the walls / timelines of your facebook profile. Use Technology , don't let it use you. And give your phones a much needed vacation! Look up... Look around but after reading this blog post :) .
Technology has solved many a problems and we just can't do without them . But , at the same time it has created a distance between people. Where at one point parties were all about meeting people eating good food and just letting yourself be . Today , they are all about taking pictures of the food and posting it on Instagram , snapchatting the duck faces and people peeking into their phones all the time. We don't even listen to what the other person is saying , 8 out of 10 people are dug deep down into the screens of their phones . We are a bunch of lunatics who hang out not with people but with our mobile phones . Really?!? Have we gotten this sad in life . We have stopped living in the moment and have started dwelling in the likes and comments of our facebook pictures . Ask yourself a question , when was the last time you gave your phone a rest and actually heard what the other person was saying! " Putting your phone away and Paying attention to those talking to you?!? There is an App for that it's called " RESPECT" .
I happened to enter a room and there were five kids of the same age and I was appalled to see them , 2 of them were watching television , one of them was playing a game on the iPad the other one was reading a book and the fifth child was taking a cat nap . I was furious at seeing this sight , What has happened to us ?!? Has technology made us so pathetic ?!? I remember when I was a kid all I wanted to do was play and play. But , unfortunately the only physical activity the kids of Gen X and Y are into , is in their 2 hour session of PS3's , wee and etc . Parents I know you want the best for your kids but please introduce them to the parks , to the outdoor activities , let them get muddled in dirt . And Please , don't give them phones/ iPads at the age of six and seven. Don't let technology ruin their childhood. Let them Enjoy! Let them be.
And, as for you Look up, Look around be a master of the Technology not a slave of it. Be in the moment , live in that moment . Forget doing things for Facebook ,whatsapp or Instagram . Take the memories with you .Listen to people , talk to them , get to know them better not by stalking their profile but by knowing them in person . Take lots of pictures , frame them and put it on the walls of your rooms and not on the walls / timelines of your facebook profile. Use Technology , don't let it use you. And give your phones a much needed vacation! Look up... Look around but after reading this blog post :) .
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