Sometimes, bad things happen because we let them happen... because we were too lazy to stop them.

Someone gets upset, and I don't know what to do, nor what to say. The one thing I can do is listen.


But you can't exactly 'listen' through a blog, can you... or rather, the other person can't tell you're listening or understanding.


The age of technology has bestowed on us many things, such as outlets for anonymous venting, information in an instant, instant connection... but it has also taken away some things, like intimacy, honesty, socialising, sincerity, security, certainty...


Put things up on a blog, and someone comes to insult you, knowing full well he/she can hide behind a name.


Log on to an account, to find that someone hacked in and has been sending nasty things around with it.


Check your financial accounts, and find that someone has cloned your credit card.


Find a best friend online, when all he/she is looking for is gossip.


Not to say we didn't let it happen. We did. And there are still ways we can keep what we don't want technology to take.


Because of emails, nobody needs to write anymore... but who's to say we can't? Write instead of type. I think we'll find the content of the exchange much more enriching, and there's an added rush, a thrill, of just waiting for a letter to come.


Because of motor vehicles, nobody needs to walk anymore... so what? Take a stroll once in a while... get lost in some place. That's an adventure you can have anytime.


As for my friend, I wish I knew what else I can do... but I'll wait. I'll wait for the day I can sidestep technology, and really be there for a friend.