Put Down the Electronics, Pick Up Your Life.

We are a generation obsessed with being entertained. (I say this as I just completed level 317 of candy crush -YAY ME!) But in all honesty, I think it's sad. I sit in the waiting room of the dentist's office where 5/7 of the people waiting are on some sort of electronic device. (iPad, smartphone, etc.) What used to be a place to sit quietly and wait, maybe thumb through a magazine or two, has become a place, not of waiting, but of constantly doing... Something! Its called a waiting room, but maybe it should be more appropriately called the "sit down and catch up with your email, facebook, twitter, text random people you don't care enough about to have coffee with, take a selfie or two, update your blog hypocritically bashing electronic users, while the doctor takes his time to get to your appointment because he's so very thoughtful to let you catch up with everything on your electronics" room. Sound accurate? How long does it take you to become bored while seated? How long can you hold a conversation with someone without looking at your phone? We are a generation drowning in a beautiful world full of wonders we will never experience because our faces are glued to a screen unnecessarily. Take my advice, put down the phone, soak in the soft tones of the music, and look at the beautiful fountain and examine the miracle of water, the miracle of being alive. Put down the phone, pick up your life.