Wisdom In This So Called Age Of Communication
Wisdom is a feature that most younger people think little about nowadays. It’s sad that young people have so little time to sit and contemplate life. As an alternative they’re being constantly inundated with the vast selection of technologies offered to them in this so called age of communication. Every moment of the day, they are attached to the cloud with things like Facebook, texting, and Twitter always available.
There’s unfortunately little time that they have to simply be by themselves with their own thoughts and consider life and the gravity of what it means to be a part of mankind. A wise person once asserted, “the more the words, the less the meaning.” I’m in agreement with this statement, and is my general opinion of our so called age of communication. Everybody is saying so much, but everybody is also saying so very little.
Everyone seems to be clammoring for our attention, trying hard to be surprising and bold, but never truly offering anything significant to benefit our lives. I worry a good deal over the next generation. Without having periods of solitude, by themselves with their own thoughts, how will the next generation ever hope to gain the wisdom that will only come through healthy pensive quietude?
It’s true to say that this isn’t the only way that wisdom is acquired, that a lot of wisdom is experiential wisdom found simply through living. But pensive solitude is one of the finest ways a person can find a clear perspective and direction, and to work out exactly where they fit in this grand scheme of life.
That’s why I, even though a 20 something year old, don’t frequent any of the gateways of mass communication out there. I like being free, not ever connected and telling everybody all the tiny details of how I live my daily life. I like not being in the club on what’s popular at any given moment. I like closing off the valve of mass clammoring and being able to steal away to somewhere quiet and to just ponder life. You ought to give it a try sometime.
Ben Mester is a writer who loves to write about wisdom and life. For more on this subject, check out his blog posts on Bible verses about wisdom, and Bible verses about pride.
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