Computer Connections

I spent about two weeks recently without my computer and have come to some new realizations. If I had any doubt or negative feelings on using the computer to communicate or fears about lack of respect conveyed through it, they’re gone.

I missed my computer terribly. I felt I lost real contact with people who are in my personal world. With it I’ve created a tangible network of people who are important to my life, but who, like me, are busy. We rarely are available at the same time for a phone chat and we schedule our lunch dates weeks in advance. Via email I feel I really can express my heart, be spontaneous in connecting and truly stay in touch.

Face-to-face contact will always be vital to relationships and the only choice for confrontation and real-time dialog in which you need the benefit of body language and voice tone to fully understand. But for the day-to-day and in-between times, email keeps the lines of communication open and flowing.

Like clear connections, good manners never go out of style.