Time For A Change
I have been using my experiences to form this new passage and will now move permanently into the teachings of God through me and the experiences I have learned, ultimately overcame or still struggling through. This will also include marital problems with advisory solutions and what you should expect from your children. You can still expect a variety of subjects not listed as well.
This first passage is a recent, personal experience from a close friend and the situation was felt deep within my soul.
Our Marriage:
As electronics have swept the nation from the first consumer bought console to the new virtual reality. We can get lost for hours and sometimes even days. Also, through research of my own- individuals have locked themselves up for many weeks on one device in which they live in a virtual reality, spending money, fornicating and marrying virtual people. This is not the life God has intended.
As God intends that he has put you here to absorb knowledge and be kind to everyone, especially those who are unjust to you. Anger only fuels anger.
Our phone conversations are quite the emotional ride and this is for a number of reasons.
The relationship is a marriage in which they have four kids and both parents work full-time jobs. The average routine is one thing that most people,(including me) just do not jive with. My friend expressed that he is somewhat upset or angry because his wife is very fond of a video game and in fact, the entire household is. Too much of anything is never a good thing.
He had simply asked me what he should do and my response was very simple. Shut the house down in small increments and do more and more of that every single day until electronics are of no value. We get so absorbed in gaming, social media and well… basically anything that “peaks” our interest. Start slowing down this addictive lifestyle.
I went on to explain, “ I have seen this first-hand and I know how it feels to see everyone in their own world, without you in it too.”
That is all it really is. You create the name, character, the world and you control so many aspects. What draws you in? Is it the guns or the maps? Is it the fictitious world that we could never be a part of? Or is it just a routine?
I have had many discussions about “addictions”, and they come in so many forms. I have witnessed an addiction to gaming, cellphones in general and even water. Yes, people are addicted to water. Anything that takes precedence over your life that is not contributing to the well-being of your life is an addiction.
It is perfectly fine to have “down time” and for some of us, it is how we unwind. When you spend hours and hours looking at a screen… That is when it becomes the addiction.
You cannot think of anything besides that game or that platform. Your mind is not expanding and in fact, you are degrading yourself and not seeing what is around you. Your marriage, kids and social life will suffer. One day you will come out of your dungeon and realize that your friends were living a fun life as you sat there and literally done nothing.
We cannot push this to the side and just brush this off. Life comes with challenges and obstacles. We should not divulge our entire day or even hours into anything that has no contribution. It is time, that all of us reevaluate our situation and bring wholesome love and life back into OUR lives.
Do not live to waste your hours but live to use them wisely.
When your gravestone becomes the last evidence of your life, what do you want it to say?
“ He loved gaming. He loved his PS4. He loved his wife and children.”
“ He never showed much emotion when he wasn’t staring at a screen, he would just act as if he were only a roommate.”
Or we can just go ahead and leave this on your tombstone.
“ He spent time with his children, teaching them how to become good people and treat others fairly. He loved his wife and spent time with her every second he could. Nothing stood in his way.”
Choice is yours.
Be Kind. Be Cunning. For we are only HUMANS.
