iPad anyone? Long lines of everyday people waiting with anticipation to get the next high tech gadget that will transform their world. Maybe you’re still waiting and praying for an iPhone or laptop or iMac.
High Tech Lust
Of course the high tech lust isn’t exclusive to Apple products, but they certainly seem to create a stronger sense of desire than most other companies. Am I right?
Low Tech Manifesto
Bottom line: I miss pencil and paper. I long for it actually. When I use pen and paper I have a sense of guilt about not being more tech savvy and cutting edge coupled with a sense of relief and connection to my past. If I did a survey about what was more meaningful, an ecard or handwritten note, I have a hunch the results would be skewed to the latter. If we feel that way and don’t act on it or make any kind of declaration to change it, we will continue to get further and further down the path of least resistance… the ecard and all things electronic.
I want to interrupt that pattern.
Do you see the signatures on that card? Grandma and Grandpa E. I can type them and they hold little value, but I see them on that Easter card given to me when I was in elementary school and tears spring to my eyes. Why? Because the signature of my grandparents creates pictures in my mind and heart of who they were and are in my life.
The refined perfect signature of Grandma and the scrawling imperfect signature of Grandpa, they represent them. They endear them to me. Grandpa is gone now, but in the moment when I see his signature, his unconditional love returns and fills my heart. That is something an ecard could never do.
Grandma turns 96 tomorrow and yet I remember her from decades ago, always committed to sending a handwritten, low tech card for every holiday, birthday and special event. She’s 96 and she still does it.
Why can’t I? Why don’t I?
Here’s what I make up in my head… too much time, too much energy, too busy, wastes paper, blah, blah, blah.
I want to change that.
I want to be like Grandma in her dedication to showing each person in her life that she valued and remembered what was important to them… by caring enough to put pen to paper and send a handwritten note.
That’s my declaration of intent starting on Grandma’s birthday tomorrow. I will start sending at least one handwritten card a month.
Want to join me?
Manual: Page 122
Images: Jesh de Rox. Amazing. Inspired. Connected.
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