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Meet, Laugh, Connect, Evolve | Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
March. 4, 2014
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
- Dorothy Day
In this digital age, we’ve all experienced situations in which a text message or e-mail was misconstrued because the person on the receiving end could not discern tone. Without the facial expressions, physical gestures, and vocal inflections gathered during face-to-face conversation, communication can become a challenge.
“The more we understand about postures and movements that we use to signal our feelings to one another,” explains zoologist Desmond Morris, “the less insecure and uncertain we feel.”
With that in mind, how about we all commit to rediscovering the value of real-time human contact and the role it can play in saving our eco-system?
Hey, if nothing else, it might good for a few communal laughs…
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