Enough is Enough

Enough is enough! I am sick of the ipods, cell phones, computers, TVs, play stations, and radios. I am tired of moving by car, train, plane, and subway. I am annoyed by texts, twitter, facebook, and every other electronic resource we use to avoid real communication. I am done with having my mere existence consist of moving from one screen to another. The rising generations do not know the sounds of birds, but the ring of alarms. They have never smelt the morning dew, only the aroma of their frappacino and gas filling up the tank of their car. They have never experienced the wonder of their own backyard, because World of War craft and the new Gossip Girl episode were much too entertaining. I mean really, why gaze up at the breath-taking view of the stars? Idol is about to start.

We waste minutes, hours, and sadly days sitting in front of screens. Like fireflies drawn to light, we desperately flock to computers, cell phones, and TVs. We are slaves to our creations. We are subordinate to our productions. The passion we gain for stainless steel and megabytes, we inevitably lose for nature. We have all sent a text or typed an email, but have you ever climbed a mountain? Have you played in the snow? Have you smelt the most beautiful flower in the world? Have you spent an entire day completely surrounded by nature? And have tears filled your eyes the moment you recognized the beauty around you? No website can match the power of waves crashing upon a beach. No TV show can compare to the exhilarating experience of jumping off a cliff. And definitely, no Wii fit game can match the feeling of freely running through the woods. Our achievements contributing to the progression of mankind have succeeded in developing an opposite affect. The genuine beauty of our earth, incapable of being reproduced or manufactured, is quickly slipping out of our hands. As I drive to school in my car, receive texts, send emails, and read off of this very screen, I cannot help but utter a simple sentence. So before the whisper of wind flowing through trees is no longer heard and the sight of the first snowfall is no longer seen, I must say these words. Enough is enough.