Compact Disc – Sanjay Sabarwal's Blog

I have been doing the Daily Food For Thought for Ziba Beauty for almost 5 years, and I happened to read some of the old ones. I realized that at first they started out as long one page inspirational stories that I scoured for on other sites. But now they are one liners mostly for quick digestion. My world is slowly turning from one based on thought and reflection to easy consumption. We no longer seem to have the patience for learning through patience. We seem to want our inspiration in 140 characters or less. As the messages get shorter and shorter, I wonder how much meaning is being retained? Perhaps we are distilling it down to the essence of thought, yet truthfully for me, I miss the days of reading the whole story.

We are in the middle of a generation the prefers texting to talking. Leaving voice-mails seems old fashioned or just work related. We no longer seem to feel the need to buy a CD or buy digital based entertainment. The value of creativity based on words seems to be sinking. I now have officially entered into the realm of the good old days.” None of this change is bad. In fact, I love the ease and convenience of getting to music and ideas that I never could before. And there lies the lesson. It’s not really about the message or the shape or form of it. Its how you interact with it, what it does for you. Someone who does not want to change will simply ignore a long or a short message.

That’s hard for me to swallow. I am a fixer. I want to fix everyone and everything. i know that is foolish and ultimately a waste of time. People will not change unless they are ready to. No matter how often I forward inspirational quotes, messages or texts, nothing will get through until they are ready to make a change in their lives. It’s hard to see people jumping over a cliff or harming themselves needlessly but as the quote goes, “until you get lost, you won’t find new ways.” Anonymous.

Touche.