Technology

I try not to sugar coat the love/hate relationship that I have with technology.  I remember my teen life without technology very fondly. I know what I am missing every time I log on to my computer or my son with his xbox. I remember being able to mountain climb in Colorado or travel to concerts without someone blowing up my phone. I was literally free without contact, now I have become a text pro. Yet I still get mad at my daughter and frequently take away her iphone for pulling it out at the dinner table or at a football game. I am a walking contradiction, and I love it. I am who I am right? I am still in touch with reality though I know that when I want to I can shut off every electronic item in my house and annoy the kids with an outdoor star presentation. I still approach each and every new gadget that comes out with awe and excited jumps. I don't know I think that knowing both sides and still taking that step you are making an educated choice.  You can't really turn around and blame the crack for the addict. It makes no sense. Technology didn't entrap you? If we used it for what it's meant for,  to be an small accessory to our education, we probably wouldn't be complaining so much. I remember when cell phones were "for emergencies only", now it's hands free and cars out of control. Win some lose some. There is no perfection to any aspect of life, you are bound to make someone mad. We can't live without it, I can't live without it. I am going into a field of medicine that requires it to keep you and I healthy in our day to day lives. The invention of Penicillin! If we had to take the passion we have behind blaming the crack and blamed ourselves. The blame game would end quickly. And happily?