We have moved towards a life of convenience. Everything is at our finger tips – be it information, hotel, flight or movie bookings, the weather outside, unlimited music and videos.. you name it and you have it on a touch screen device near you.
As much as the rich-poor divide widens, many more have access to a standard living that wouldn’t have been possible a 100 years ago. More women are entering the industry, taking top jobs etc. Many good things.
However, it’s a different era now. Our Grandparents’ era of stable families has gradually dissolved into the age of broken families. This has often led to many questions – is it going to get any better with time, or worse? Is marriage a broken system?
Good questions. But they tend to miss the point as they deal indirectly with the biggest paradox of our generation – While our connectivity has improved thanks to Facebook, twitter and the like, our relationships haven’t.
Relationships require good old fashioned hard work, emotional investment and time. Oh, and one other thing, good old fashioned compromise. And boy, are we not used to that. This is the age where we have ‘everything’ after all.
Well, maybe not everything.
A Learning a Day 