Disconnection for this connection

As the tree pictured above, with its firm trunks and green leaves, manifests such because of its strong foundation. Ours, as humans, must find this root in ourselves. We must go back to nature in order to unwind. We have already reached the outer space, now it’s time to search our inner space.

Nature offers us a vast room for soul-searching. Under the tree above, we can do such. Just like Isaac Newton’s experience under an apple tree lead to the discovery of gravity, us sitting under a tree will give us some sense of discovery. This realization will come in the form of appreciation. By disconnecting from the Internet world, we may come to appreciate our physical connections with nature and with ourselves. Yes, there’s no WiFi here, but we can still make connections.

The mere fact that you are reading this; you are a part of a very complex network of connections, no less than the Internet itself. Its primary objective is to connect people who are separated by miles and miles of land and bodies of water. It allows us to communicate to someone. By facilitating ease of connectivity between humans and even among them, this will give a sense of belongingness to anyone who is an Internet-user. Or does it?

Some people will take extra effort to fabricate minute or even basic details of their lives in order to come up with an online identity. All for the love of belongingness. Some persons don’t have friends or family and just cling to their virtual personality. It seems like their only way of socialization is through the use of Internet. On the other side of the coin, there are people who enjoy healthy social life but were ‘diseased’ by the escalation of Social Networking. They are willing to earn 5,000 friends in Facebook but don’t have companions during lunch breaks. This ugly truth behind technology, because of misusage, is causing us to create barriers between our own physical companions.

Although we live in this technological age, where we enjoy the benefits of Internet as a means of communication between distant persons, we must not forget our connection with the PHYSICAL people around us; the people in our house; the people in our school and the people in our community. It is not harmful to have a friend that is a continent away from us. But it is just fitting to strengthen our connections first with the people around us and above all our connection with ourselves.

We must not lose our truest selves in the online socialization. Things depreciate with time. People also may come and go. Thus, we just only have ourselves in the end. Therefore, there is a constant need to search for ourselves. What is more effective in finding this connection than disconnecting from the Internet temporarily? And what is the best way to do this? Go back to nature. We must go back to our roots. Let’s sit under a tree. Ask ourselves. Meditate. Find out who we are. By disconnection we will appreciate this connection (the physical one).

Yes, there’s no WiFi here, but we can still make connections.