The Irony of Communicating & Missing What is Important Until It is Too Late
Today we run the risk “electronic overload” in words and emojis, while communicating less and less. The comic below tries to show us that.
In addition to communicating effectively, we need to take the time to communicate, “In the 70s, Harry Chapin wrote a haunting song about a father who stayed busy. In “Cat’s in the Cradle” the father misses his son’s first steps and first words. His work kept him from playing ball with his boy during his teen years. The decades slip by without the father realizing what is happening right before his eyes. After the son goes off to college, the father finally understands that he wants a relationship with his son. By then the son has become the one too busy, too distracted to carve out time with his dad.
When the son grows up and has children of his own, the father confronts the unyielding reality that his son has learned from him. His chance to share life with his son has passed. The “too late” curtain has fallen.” [Sermons.Com]
Reflect on how you are communicating with those you love, especially with God.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
St. Andre Bessette, intercede for us.
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
“Tune my spirit to the music of heaven.” [St. Brendan the Navigator]
May God Be Praised and your day be Blessed.
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