Taking A Break...

Have you ever sat down and just been so silent that you cant hear anything around you?
Have you ever had those moments when you just sit and nothing else bothers you?
Have you been so quiet that you are your only company even if there are others about?

Well today Im going to tell you about taking a break, the reason I asked the above questions is that this week I have decided to take a week off facebook...

wow that was the hardest decision I have made in a long time but it came about when I went on a Christianity Explored Course one Saturday and we had to answer a lot of questions about our past, present and even future
it realy struck me that we as people spend most of our lives being so busy that there is seldom time to just sit and be still and in silence or admire the 'real' world around us instead we take out our phones or go onto the internet while in company or by ourselves

For me this was not a challenge set by anyone or at least I believe I took it for myself and just to show that I can do it as well as how much time we actually spend on these distractions around us, now Im not saying everyone lives on facebook sometimes it could just be a simple little thing such as spending too much time in front of the telly instead of spending valuable time with friends or family
sometimes it could even be a computer game/s, it could be the smallest of things we take for granted and just see them as normal.

My husband and I went to a very lovely pub one Sunday afternoon by ourselves just to catch up on how our lives have been, while we were out we noticed so many people were in groups with either friends or family members and while they were able to sit and chat they all were on their phones
there was no conversation at all, no eye contact or no actual bonding time and by the time their food arrived there was not much said at all
We just could not believe we live in a society like this, Im not saying we are perfect and dont do this but I was so shocked when actually out and trying to just be without it for a while.
Another thing was when we went to the cinema and what do you think happened people were yet again on their phones and that was even before the adverts came on, they were with people but they never spoke a word to one another ....

I do find that while having this break I have found that in the evenings I ask myself what can I do as before I would sit hours on end when my 2 boys were asleep just browsing, updating my status or looking at my family's pictures and adventures, life is just so busy lately it just seems it is flying past without us noticing how quick.
To me it was a very good thing when this facebook was first launched, I used it to connect with family, friends who were near, far or from my past but the more I come to think about how much time we do spend on it the more I do wonder if we could all do with just taking a little break now and then?

my blog is not here to make anyone feel awful about going on facebook or anything like it, I will be so glad when I can log back on and see what has been happening in the last week for some reason I feel so lost in the world, I feel I have lost contact with everyone and keep asking everyone what they have been up to when I see them, its exciting to feel I have now got something to look forward to again but yet again Im scared of being dragged into negative, unhappy or things that dont realy make sense to me : (
Id love to know if anyone does read my post / blog/s and what their thoughts and feelings are

thanks for reading and I will tell you how I feel once I am connected again xxx