Yes, I am ever thankful for it. In another writing that I did a few days ago which stays hidden in my Blackberry, I reflected on the fact that I don't think I've gone a day without contact from someone back east. Maybe two days, maximum. Point being, no matter how lonely I've gotten, or how distraught and depressed, there has always been someone right by my side, ready to help. And while each person will get their own thanks in time, I want to thank my generation first and foremost.
I have Facebook. I have texting. I have calling. I have video messages. I have snail mail. I have cars and trains and planes for when just connecting isn't enough. I have pictures, everywhere. Every place, I turn, there is a connection to home and to love and to my support system. I didn't do anything to deserve the blessing of such ready access to everyone, I was just lucky enought to be born when I was and into a family that could afford the luxury of it.
I need to remind myself that it is a luxury.
But tonight, I truly am thankful. Technology may let me down at times, but there's always another method to use, another friend to find. The blessing of human connection.
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