Thoughts on Connectivity

Looks as though we’ll be heading out on Monday to go to Reno.  It’s funny because now with internet, it’s not as though we’re really leaving...we can still stay in touch, daily, with everyone.  How different it was when TJ and I moved to Japan and Syria so many years ago when leaving was a definite moment, a breaking off, a finality...and a beginning.  I wonder if it’s really a good thing especially for young people.  They never are really on their own because they are always so connected.  Sometimes it’s good to feel all alone, dependent upon your own resources.  It instills resilience.  I wonder what all of this connectivity means for our collective psyche.  -L.