Get a cork and get yourself off the technology.

When I was getting ready to start my freshman year, my grandmother, who was very old-fashioned, asked me at my address. I gave it to her, but not without comment that she had my number, which she had to use at any time. She just gave me one of her familiar smiles and said, \”There’s something in a letter that can’t have a phone call.\” At the time, I didn’ t quite understand what she meant, but I didn’ t want to learn how long …

Grandma always had the perfect time with letters. The day I felt queer, all I had to do was go to my mailbox and wait for him there. Sometimes it was a complete two pages of things that she wanted to tell me and the others, it was a map that she made out of a folded piece of paper and a picture of a good-looking puppy, carved from a magazine glued to the front …

Before the first semester, I was halfway to seeing her letters, and I was disappointed in the days when I didn’ t have one. Grandma was right. There was something special about reading the words she had taken for time to write specifically for me compared to getting a phone call. Besides, her letters are something I can leave for years …

I believe that technology is the main factor in making the world round. The successes that we have made, stunning and even more surprising, are constantly at work. I’m a type of man who always has his cell phone, my iPod is not far behind. My records are printed instead of writing and I pick up the snail mail. I’m not the only one, though …

We live in a world where technologies and new gadgets are the norm. When we meet someone new our first instinct, it’s to add them to Facebook. Before Facebook existed, we got their cell number so their text. Let’ s face it, technology is great. It made our lives easier. We can make sure that the tasks are performed much faster and more in our day. Despite this, it is nice to take a step back and assess all the smaller things in life ..