Make the Call, Thus Saith the BLOG

Call somebody you just thought of ..... Let them know that you did (think of them, that is) ... It sends the message that "they matter" to you......Because they do. - Family member? ...Old friend? ... Don't know what to say? ... You'll figure it out. Afraid you'll get stuck on the phone and you don't have time? Is what you're wrapped up in really that important that you don't have time to make the call, or respond to that email.... or, God forbid, stop by, or schedule a lunch?

I'm preaching to myself here. things are things, stuff is stuff, but people are people... activities can be distractions. Relationships continue when WE continue them.

I have a lifelong friend that I speak to every year or so, now ... One of our jokes is that we always give each other a guilt trip about the other one never calling. Like a couple of old Jewish mothers. (He's Jewish,I'm not but he always asks me if I'm Jewish when I start riding him about it.) But we always seem to able to really relate to each other's current life experiences... and get a lot out of the talk. Anyway, it just started me thinking about how easily I can "opt out" of the human connection.

I've caught myself responding to phone messages by email. OK, sometimes it's necessary, but it shouldn't become the norm. So much is lost in the text. (as I type away to whoever you are, and lose 90% of the effectiveness of communication) Maybe I should speak.... Or video.. So you can see my eyebrows raise and hear my voice inflect! ... Don't dare me.

.... and make the call! It's not like you don't have a cell phone.