A brief remind in the digital era

Imagine a world without mercy, a world that people are full of hatred, arguments, and conflicts occurring worldwide would be like, probably the most reasonable scenario of a ruining civilization.

Sadly, she has predicted precisely the society nowadays; people are afraid of expressing kindness as well as to "practice random acts of kindness"

 

Walking down the street, there would be completely no one except the flashing advertising boards saying hello before urging us to purchase their stuff. Of course, there are people around, but they seem to be acting unlike a human, looking down to their mobile phone, chatting, rather than communicating verbally, that is one person’s view, how a homeless man sitting solely would see this world like?.

 

Kindness is different in each individuals’ point of view, kindness could simply is love, love of friendship and peers, love of couple, unconditional love of the mother and father to the child; kindness can be the care of people to others; it might be the instinct inside us; or to some people, kindness is worth a small fortune and may be unachievable. To me, kindness is truly needed in order to reinforce a better community which eliminates discrimination among people so as to become absolutely together, and it is considered to be a fundament of the relationship and cooperation of a country in general as well as of multiple countries in the world in specific.

 

 Unfortunately, as the dramatic development of life hinders us from being kind, we send the “like emoticon” instead of giving thumbs up or appreciation for our friend’s success, we are not selfish, nurturing our fellows is already our natural act; this society lacks connection, not a better internet, but physical emotional and metal interaction with people around us, a gentle touch on our arm, a big and happy “Hey man! Where have you been? We miss you”; it is acknowledgment. From the first breath we take to the last one we give, we seek it out, the connection that tells us “Yes, you are here, and yes, so are they”. The basis of human connection is the relationships that we forge around, friends, family, strangers, the person we love most, and even those you do not. All of these relationships have specific needs and if not met they will cease to exist, these connection are vital, it has been proven time and time again that we need each other, we thrive on this connection and deteriorate without it. When we take our phone away from us, we become anxious, we become unstable; technology has been so much a part of us. But little did the human know how modern technology manipulates their action, those little devices in our pockets are so psychologically powerful that they do not only change what we do, they change who we are. Some of the things we do now with our devices are things that only a few years ago would be told to be abnormal or distressing, but they have quickly come to seem familiar; people text during corporate or parliamentary meetings, during classes, presentations; we are certainly setting ourselves up for trouble in how we relate to each other.

 

Is there any possibility that we can maintain a better society? Start up with getting rid of the habit of using technology gadgets and learn to build up a relationship with the others, joining community service is a way to keep this society up, or just simply save a small monthly income to donate to the charity. The main objective to create a society full of kindness is to spend the precious time caring and supporting people of all social classes despite their appearance, sexes, religions or ideologies

 

   Nguyen Minh Vu, Vietnam