Cell Phone Borders
June 27, 2009
I really like cell phones. We were early adopters and have used the mobile phone for years now. They have gotten us out of a few jams and freed us up to be more productive in many ways. That phone allows us to keep in touch at all times, but I would encourage you to draw some borders. There is a guy who wears a bluetooth headset during church, as if he couldn’t miss a call (and he doesn’t look like an emergency room doctor). We have all been in a movie or meeting where phones are going off, and it is a distraction to be sure. It is okay to not be available, really. If the call is important the caller will leave a message and you can check it at a convenient time. Focus on the people you are with at the moment; show them they are important by not interrupting the live conversation to take a call. It is rude, and almost always unneccesary. Live in the moment and enjoy those around you, the phone will wait.