"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody." (Mother Teresa)
If someone had told me years ago that someday we could communicate with people around the world as we do today, I would have been skeptical. Not only would we be able to send typed emails and texts, but we would actually see and hear the other person during the communication via computers and cell phones. I can't imagine the excitement I would have felt learning how easy, accessible and influential technology would someday offer.
If someone would have also told me that when that amazing technology arrives, there would be people feeling alone, disconnected, isolated or insignificant, I would have felt tremendous sadness. How can a world of such advanced technology omit the presence, purpose and value of any life?
But it happens. Frequently. Daily. Tragically. The difference is that although technology makes us more accessible, it doesn't make our hearts more available. Reaching someone in various locations is vastly different than reaching lives with life-changing love and hope.
I pray that we invest more time being available to care than being accessible to call. No one should ever feel like a nobody.♥~thl
"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." Romans 12: 10
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