WhatsApp
has been a part of my life for over six years now. Before the seven years hitch
sets in, I thought of noting down 5 things that WhatsApp has taught me.
Incidentally, I realized that the application has not only influenced my
day-to-day life and routine, it has also affected the way I react and respond.
How? Read on…
·
Happiness
When I
wake up in the morning and see a dear one’s message, a broad smile spreads on my
face. It could be anything – a simple good morning or last evening’s late
goodnight. It gives a strange flavor of physical connect in the virtual world;
like a juice with flavors of fruits and not real fruits!
·
Patience
How
many times have we waited for the response for our ping from someone - Constantly
checking the notifications and silently praying that our smartphone breaks the
silence! Sometime, it could be because the message is not delivered due to poor
network coverage on any of the either ends or simply because they have not
responded yet. If that person was physically present, imagine the magnitude of
drama that would follow for such lack of response!
·
Silence
How
much time can we be silent with someone who is beside us? After sometime, we
all would talk them. Apologize. Laugh. Or at least say what we wanted to say
and move on. But, with WhatsApp and its features to block others, hide the
“last seen” and what not, it is more than easy to ignore someone. I am not
going to analyze further to evaluate if that’s good or not. But, it’s weird for
sure.
Virtual
world showers us with unlimited freedom. To fake. Hide. Avoid. Ignore. Add
filters to our face and re-read thoughts we wanted to share. But, sometimes,
too much freedom is not so good. After all, what is life without a dash of
humanity?
·
Indifference
Now,
this is my favorite! Every day we get loads of forwarded messages via texts,
videos, images, hyperlinks and the latest GIFs. Most of them doesn’t make sense
and half of them are already shared by others. They clutter our time as much as
they clutter our phone memory. Over years, we have learnt to be indifferent
towards such messages; have made peace with it and moved on.
·
Thankfulness
I wanted to
save the best for last. Regardless of the fact that our day more or less starts
and ends with WhatsApp, it acts as a strong medium to be in touch with near and
dear ones equally. Unlike other social media, the privacy element is more with
WhatsApp and hence, it is special.
Well,
these are the five virtues that I think WhatsApp has taught me over years. What
did it teach you?
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