A WORLD OF NO TALKING

This morning and every morning as i step on the subway, bus or anywhere public I notice people do not talk. I'm a happy person who like's to greet people when I see them. So I start off my morning by saying GOOD MORNING or HELLO to people I see.

The reaction I get is sometimes funny or sad. Most people look away or they are so suprised that I even spoke to them. Almost like thier are upset with me, some are scared. Some can't here me because they have thier ipod or iphone or what ever technology has come up with to keep us closed in and alone from the rest of the people around us.

I stood asking for the time from a person who was listening to music and could not here me. I laughed at myself thinking how long it took me to notice he was'nt paying any attention to me at all.

Don't get me wrong I love my ipod and my phone. I also notice how we do not interact as a people anymore. I really scares me to think of the day when we cannot use these things to keep us occupied what will we do then? I can imagine a whole room of people staring at eachother, not knowing how or when to react because we forgot. I can imagine myself laughing aloud to break the silence.

As a people we have learned to be afraid of what and who are around us instead of exploring the world and people for what they are. I beleive war, 911 has made us so scared to comunicate for fear of what i don't know. What i do know is that I would like to say good morning to people and not have them be scared.

My hope is that anyone reading this will take time to say hello or it's a nice day or even smile at the world around us because one day we may need to count on these people to help us, love us, or keep us safe. We can't do any of those things if we are to scared or offended by a happy person saying good morning. We can live together or die alone.

I for sure will go on saying hello to everyone I meet and hope to make friends, and experience all the things I was born to. Until the next story I say Hello the world.

NISHGURL8D