My Love / Hate Relationship with TechnologyTECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED This morning I admitted I was technologically challenged. What does that mean? I know enough to function in the modern world of cell phones, computers, and the internet but not enough to avoid getting into trouble. Sometimes I long for the simplicity of my youth. Phones were securely attached to a wall and were used strictly for talking to other people. Letters, hand written in cursive, were dropped into an actual mailbox. In order to make a deposit to your bank account you went to the bank and had a pleasant face to face interaction with a real human being, not a computer. It wasn’t as convenient but it didn’t take a technological wizard to accomplish. FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY I am still trying to deal with the chaos that resulted from my being flagged as fraudulently trying to access my own bank account after my purse was stolen. In my mind I blame technology. I am embroiled in a web of misunderstandings that happened because I couldn’t deal directly with another human being. Every time I make a call on my cell phone to the bank’s customer service or access my bank account online I worry that I will end up in that black hole again where I am not recognized as a person. My trust in technology has been replaced by fear. This is not a good place to be. I don’t want to let the fear of being technologically challenged rule my life, but I can’t just wave a magic wand and make it go away. I know I need look at this fear from a new perspective and find some peace. Unlike a robot, I do have the ability to process my feelings. That is the beauty of being human. USING MY BRAIN It occurred to me that my brain is actually similar to a computer but way more complicated. It works in mysterious ways. I can feel it shuffling thoughts as if they were a deck of cards. New ones pop up and are matched with other similar ones. My brain lines them up and reshuffles them and then all of a sudden I see a pattern that makes sense. I have noticed this process is slowing down as I get older but it’s still working. It gives me joy when my thoughts come together and I see the light in something that used to be confusing. I am hoping that I will see the light in this current situation with my bank, sooner rather than later, but I will need to be patient. I am only human.
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