Human Connections

It was the world's first text message, humble, hopeful, and utterly unaware of the avalanche it was about to start. Since then, we've become masterful thumb tappers, abbreviators of emotion, poets of the three-dot bubble. We send messages faster than our hearts can keep up. But somewhere along the way, we've let our voices grow quiet. A voice carries things a text can't. The tremble of truth, the warmth of compassion, the melody of laughter that can't be squeezed into an emoji. A voice says, "I'm here, I'm human." Technology can connect us, but it can also flatten us, turning symphonies of people into little blue speech bubbles. So on this anniversary of that very first text, maybe today is the day to do something radical, pick up the phone, let someone hear your breath, your joy, your gratitude. Let your voice be the gift that arrives instantly with no auto correct required, because life matters and so do the conversations we choose to truly share. This is Dr. Scott Morris for Church Health.