Connectivity

What does it mean? Are we really connected in this age of twitter and facebook? Or are we further apart?
To begin understanding something you need to wrap your head around its meaning. Connectivity means by the definition of Webster, the quality, state, or capability of being connective or connected. It seems to be cold by definition but if we dwell into the idea of being connected as human beginning and not machines it gets a little complicated.
After all there is an art to the connectivity of humans, a reason why we assemble and group. We look for similarities of interest and ideas. We often group because of the chemical attractions. There are two factions to connectivity, those who don’t want the human interaction and those who do. The first group tends to connect only by the way of the machine collecting peoples by leeway of likes and favorites. They seek only those who can drive their feeds online. The second rarely but sometimes goes online and populates as many parties and events as they can, collecting people and groups. Most of us camp in the two sanctions and co mingle in both worlds.
I find myself in the extreme of both ideas often. Sometimes I just want to connect with the onliners and give a shot out every once and awhile to let them know I am not dead. Other times I find myself (especially in the summer months) joining every activity in the sun, either signing up for a run or attending a festival with a group. Just finding anything to get out and be with others. I am currently working on when I get a chance here and there on a art piece about connectivity, hoping to even further explore its meaning to me and others.
I will leave you with this quote to ponder. “The stars up there at night are closer than you think.” ― Doug Dillon

Goal Not Resolution

Ah! Here we are in another year. I thought for a change of paste I would not have resolutions but goals. I feel the word resolution is a downer.   It means to find a solution to a problem. I admit there are many problems but wouldn’t goals be more up lifting. Instead of finding solutions to my life’s problems, why not create goals to achieve and create a new path.

So here they are in black and white. I am making the readers of this blog my witness to my intentions for 2015. One person I met has even gone so far as to put them month by month. I am not as ambitious but will keep you in the loop of when I complete a goal.

1. Better Health: I know cliche and often a lofty goal.  Every year millions of people say this is the year I lose weight. I just want to be healthier. I did get the nutritional almanac to drive towards my goal.
2. Have a Definite Career Path: Yes I know the path is often twisted and clarity is abstract, but just maybe there can be a formatted structure of coloring thy parachute.
3. Write More: I have said that I am not Ayn Rand or Jack Kerouac.  I just use writing to get things out.  Alas the only finished piece I have ever written was a play long gone.  I have often started writing an auto biography but never really finished it past chapter one. Perhaps I will revisit the play and but it down again or write a very short story. 
4. Connect With my Friends Who I Have Lost Touch With: Not by the way of the computer unless they are far away. But rather by way of gathering at a place to catch up on what we have missed.  I feel I have lost touch with those I enjoyed the company of.

I am sure there a million little goals that I need to complete but the ones above seem to be the  goals that will give be a sense of accomplishment.  I will tell you as I said if I have completed any of the goals. I hope that you will have met your New Years goals.