Tech-savvy?

Our world today is over-run with a variety of technological gadgets and gizmo's, so many that keeping up is becoming quite an art-form for many of us! Have you noticed that it doesn't seem to matter which technological item you purchase today, tomorrow there is a newer more advanced version of the very item you just spend so much money on?!  Of course you have!  The stranger thing is, these manufacturers will keep making newer versions and putting their gadgets on the market because there are people out there who "must have" the latest, newest version of anything!  

I wonder though with these new technologies, are you really in touch, on top of what it is you are 'chasing' after?  Are you in sync with your life and the people in and around you?  Can the people in your life honestly say that they really do have your attention, that you do know what is going on in the life that exists between you and that one particular individual (even if this one particular individual is part of, say, 10,000 more)?

OK, so it is a given that you will have an idea of what does go on, but do you REALLY know WHAT IS GOING ON?  I'm asking this question because too many times I've heard about someone sending information (via one of these tech-savvy gadgets) only to hear the recipient write or utter that they "don't know what 'that person' is talking about" or they might quickly respond, sometimes not in a casual, inquiring manner but rather, in a sometimes caustic or other manner that, "they didn't give me the information that I asked for", when the very information is at their fingertips if they had taken the time to actually READ the communication they received, and see the attachment or other information that was already cited within their lines of communication. This dear reader is what causes friction, the root of many a disagreement which leads to resentment!  

There are also times we are too quick to 'run' with the first inkling of 'news' that we hear, and sometimes we don't really find out whether the 'news' is true or not?   Be sure to stop and think that maybe I shouldn't 'tweet', 'email', 'text', or 'post' this because it is in poor taste, or perhaps "this" really didn't happen?  

Take the time to read and really listen and pay attention to what is being asked of you.  Don't jump in with both feet with a response that you may later regret.