"I'm two cups into my coffe break / I'm sitting alone in the café from the way"

Turning my cell off just to breathe
Cause everyone I know just keeps calling me

There's nothing more characteristic of the culture of today than "mobile communication"...society has never been so connected and yet so out of touch. Very few people talk to each other face to face. I, for one, think that we're desperately out of touch with more than just each other; we're out of touch with ourselves and with God. I am doing my best, at least personally, to remedy this. I can't turn off my cellphone for extended periods of time, without notifying my family and closest friends, as that's the only reliable way they have of getting a hold of me.

Cause I've over-committed myself
I guess this is growing up

Sometimes in our society, we have a hard time with one of the shortest words, "No"...and its interesting cause this is almost counter-cultural. Our culture tells us "me me me me" and yet, the only "me" that it doesn't stress is "me-time", the "me" that we all need the worst. I'm trying to re-connect with myself through "me time", self-care. It's one of the only ways you can be of full use, both to others and to God.

I'm sleeping so little these days
I guess this is growing up

It's no secret that I'm a bit of an insomniac, something which I inherited from my mother. I'm not too affected by it right now, but I firmly believe that its at least exacerbated by the constant flow of information that we are hit with in society; it keeps the brain going a mile a minute which never allows us to be still. It is in these times of stillness that we experience the "found moments," times where we discover things about ourselves, about God's plan, about our lives. Its our constant "connectedness" that robs us of these "found moments." I pray that everyone can disconnect in order to re-connect.

Now I'm done with my coffee break...

I hope that everyone can take this view on life at least for a little while. It would do them good.