You are Wise to Keep Your Eyes Open at all Times
This fortune's message almost comes off as a threat. It is similar to, but not exactly like, "You'd better watch out, or else," or "You'd better watch your back!" or "I'd sleep with one eye open." But I'm fairly sure that isn't what the fortune cookie is really trying to say. Or is it?
Phrased as the fortune most likely is intended it to read, it actually comes across like some generic, benign, and obvious advice, which most of us most likely already follow (outside of sleep time that is). If you are like me (hopefully you aren't) you don't tend to do a lot of sustained, continuous staring without blinking.
And yet, oddly, how many are constantly staring at their cell phones and not really paying attention to what is right in front of their faces? How much life has been missed as we live with our cell phones? Has our relationships with our devices surpassed the relationships with our families and friends?
This is not a diatribe against cell phones or cell phone users, but according to a 2014 statistic:
There are almost as many cell-phone subscriptions (6.8 billion) as there are people on this earth (seven billion)—and it took a little more than 20 years for that to happen. In 2013, there were some 96 cell-phone service subscriptions for every 100 people in the world.
Walk into any doctor's office waiting room and what do you see? People on their cell phones. Spend any time on a college campus. Class out, phones out. Standing in line? Count how long until you find yourself reaching for your phone. Heck, even public bathrooms are no longer safe. Oh I get it. I'm guilty too. It is a convenient way to pass the time. But too often this convenient time spender is spilling into our home lives and work lives.
And what happens when our phones struggle to work?
There is so much to be seen, and amazingly these sights and events can be and should be seen in person. They should be best remembered in pictures, taken with a cell phone of course.
And what happens when our phones struggle to work?
There is so much to be seen, and amazingly these sights and events can be and should be seen in person. They should be best remembered in pictures, taken with a cell phone of course.
