Whatever you do, don’t be a spectator of your own life.
This falls in line with the idea of not being a smartphone parent, but this concept applies to everyone — married, single, young, old — no matter what stage of your life.
I think this quote sums it up best:
“The more you document your own life, the more you check in, you tweet, the more you post photos of what you did last night, the more you do all of this stuff, or even in my case, the more you listen for little lines of dialogue that can make their way into stories, the more you photograph moments, in a way, the more you start to step out of those moments, and if you do that too much, you become a spectator to your own life.”
– Jonathan Harris
A quote from Jonathan Harris’ CreativeMornings talk via swissmiss.
This is a great reminder to us all, isn’t it?
I understand that some of this “spectating” has its own value. It’s cool to look back and see what you’ve done in the past. It’s a good thing. However, if there was ever going to be a time in technological history that we would be at risk of faulting at over spectating our own lives, it would be now.
Do you think we do this spiritually, too?
When was the last time you thought about scripture and just enjoyed it between you and God without dropping it on social networks?
I’m interested to hear what you all think.
Thoughts?
[Image via Cyril Cavalié]
Lisa says
This is extremely convicting! So many times I read something or experience a God moment and immediately go to a social network and tell everyone about it. Some things should remain sacred between you and our Father. He doesnt care about how many likes it gets on Facebook. He wants to know it got through to you specifically.
Eric Dye says
True story. 🙂