Somewhere in the distant past, life was much simpler. We didn't entangle ourselves with unnecessary worries or concerns.
And suddenly in the recent past, with the boom of technology and connectivity, we have enslaved ourselves to our electronic devices. We react the moment the electronic technological communicator beeps, or chirps, or makes a noise. Unconsciously at meetings, at the dinner table, behind the wheel, we respond to the callings of our mobile communication device. On the trains, in the buses, at the restaurants, we often find people so engrossed with their smartphones, their tablets, their netbooks...
Oh how our parents will tell us that despite the hardships of not having microwaves or automatic washing machines, or wireless remotes for the TV, their generation did have a great life.
We don't really need an Earth Hour. We need one hour when the whole world shuts down its multitude of electronic devices; just so we can spend time together and listen to each other's hearts.
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