Unacceptable Society

Everything I've thought about today has stemmed from this exact thought I had impulsively tweeted as I was irritated. Fed up with the frustration of negativity and sorrow being spoon fed to our youth.

@jnll: Acknowledging the unchangeable reality of what our society has become is agonizing. I cannot accept the unacceptable state we are in.

You can only fit so many characters into a tweet so I have more for you to filter and take in.

There is a pain I get from looking at my childhood compared to any childhood the current youth will have. We cannot stop the growing society we live in. We cannot stop technology, modern development, and we cannot stop the development of our ever changing world.

What this all comes down to for me personally is technology. My parents and grandparents didn't like the fact that I had a tape recorder as a kid and I would tape songs on the radio to listen to. Now, mom has a smartphone and laptop and grandma has an iPad and changed from a land line phone to a cell phone. Jobs have changed, bills have changed, and our technology has just grown rapidly. There was a time where my mom had checks only and no debit card, I thought that was normal and the responsible way to finance your money. Now 18 year olds are maxing out credit cards and will never know what a paper check is..unless they get a refund from a bill or the state. When I was a kid I painted our shed in the backyard a different color almost everyday. My dad being a painter didn't mind because it was left over paint from odd jobs, and I was free by myself, safe. I took walks in the woods, I made forts that had passwords to them with neighbors, and I had the imagination of a wizard.

Outdoor professionals are leading groups of kids out into what my childhood was. People are paying for what I see as freedom. Exploring is free, where and when you get there may cost you and a professional is required when there is a lack of experience but I am still baffled. I find the concept of sending my child out with an organization to learn skills very educating, however my parents did this with me and it made us closer and we share a bond with the outdoors and our family now. It is all how you are raised, and I understand demographics vary.

What it comes down to is our choices. It is our choice to either let technology engulf us in its flame, or let it help us for the better life we can have. Do not become dependent on it, remember to enjoy the nature and all it's beauty we have been gifted, and most of all share your knowledge. Sharing knowledge is so much more personal and better than telling a friend you learned it or saw it on the Internet.