Too Com"plex" in the City: Article 2

I like to write...it is something that I have always enjoyed, among many other things. When I was a little I used to pretend I was a News Reporter, and I would write my own "stories" and then I would report to my "people" when I was sitting in the bath tub. I have always loved talk radio, and therefore think it is amazing that my little boy starts dancing furiously whenever he hears any sort of a beat, because all I listen to is talk radio or CNN...actually- it is probably his way of silent protest! :0

Anyway, I will get to pictures and all the great fun that we Butters have, but until I can find my camera...I will pretend that I am a columnist and that my column is called: Too Com"plex" in the city! So, read if you would like, or wait until the "Buttery"Photo Gallery is added:).

Now that I got that out there, I just want to take my mind and yours away from the dismal conditions that our nation is experiencing. Can you picture the time when we didn't live in a society of instant gratification? A time where children were not handed anything they wanted and a time when we had to learn how to complete our own tasks at hand only to receive satisfaction that we had worked hard on something...that we had achieved fulfillment in a project that even if our parents had helped us along the way, we were capable of doing something for ourselves ?

I look at the world we live in today, and how our thinking has shifted and how technologies and ideas have changed the very foundation of our work ethic. On one end of the spectrum I am completely thrilled to see, that we as a people, are able to evolve and to grow and allow our minds to expand. And on the other end, it completely frightens me, to see that we have cast out the basic fundamentals of thinking that could save our future of complete desolation and despair! Whoa- that may come across a little far fetched... but think about people to people interaction.

I am completely guilty of this, but we cannot LIVE without our cell phones. And, let's admit it...it is so tempting to forgo a friendly conversation for a little "text talk" about 98% of the time. And, there are now services available, where if you should decide to call a person but you don't actually want to talk with them, it automatically sends you straight to voicemail! Genius, yet quite ludicrous! It scares me that I have seen CHILDREN as young as age 6- yes 6- have thier very own cell phone and they are busy texting away! And the things they talk about! Geez, it's enough to make me blush! I am sickened that kids no longer have a childhood...it is rare that you even see groups of children out playing night games in the neighborhood like we used to do, and it is scary as much as it is fun, that people can see into your whole world ( i.e blogging :)) with a click of a button! These things are most definitely used for good, but also used for so much evil! There are adults bullying children, and much worse and horrifying things!

Why can't we incorporate the good wholesome traditions of a childhood as we knew it back into the future leaders of our country? I leave you with this question that plagues my mind often...until my next crazy and usually scatterbrained article... think simple and happy!