When you are someone who loves holding a pen and writing on paper (and I am fully aware, this makes me sound super Old), typing on a device makes every single communication so robotic and void of emotions.
There are so many things that everyone wants to say to someone or the other and now it is instant. You text, they reply instantly and the argument/discussion ensues online.
You don’t get the breather you used to when you wrote a letter - they read it, they reply and you read that. You got time to think about it, reflect on it, reply to it, to re-read your reply, consider how it might be received, etc.
Yes, technically you can still do all that, but really, how many of us actually do it? I for sure text and send first and then think, “Oh wait, I shouldn’t have said this or that..” and now I’ve messed up what could have been salvaged!
It’s also moot if I even suggested we all go back to writing what we want to say before actually saying it - but I do think we all can definitely write our thoughts down. Journal our thoughts. It will give us a chance to slow down to think things through. Not necessarily change what we feel, but maybe it will give us a chance to think and ponder about what we feel. Either way, we could try to gain a semblance of understanding.
Why?
Coz there are too many relationships getting lost in translation. In a world where autocorrect takes over our text messages, let it not take over our emotions and relationships as well.
Let’s take a moment and autocorrect ourselves!
🙏
Sweta Shah Sakhpara is a pranic energy therapist and a pranic psychotherapist. She also teaches mindfulness and meditation to kids, adults and families. When she is not doing any of the above, she actively practices being a mindful parent to two kids.
Having learned and practiced pranic healing for ~fifteen years, Sweta has been blessed with the trust of many clients for ailments as simple as a headache to complex ones like Tourette’s syndrome, from depression and anxiety to finding ways to embrace the idea of a new normal with a child being diagnosed on the spectrum. You could read more about her HERE.
