We are all connected. Not just energetically as human beings, but to the internet. Our social experiences, work, and entertainment are all reliant on the world-wide web. So, what happens when the power goes out?
It’s storming outside. The trees are blowing in the racing wind. The sky is full of darkness, with the exception of the occasional flash of lightning that streaks across the sky. You’re sitting at your desk, trying to meet a deadline, and you see your lights flash on and off. This process repeats. You pray that the electricity will stay on, but you instinctively know that, with the raging storm outside, it’s just a matter of time. Your lights flash once more…, and then they’re out.
You save your offline work, but know that there’s not much more that you can do. Your wi-fi is now disconnected and your cell phone is not charged up enough to use it for a hot spot. You have now re-entered the dark age.
I may be showing my age, but I think it’s funny how I can remember a time when we weren’t so connected to the internet. We could work without the internet because most of our work was on paper, or on a local drive. We socialized by talking on a landline phone, or actually seeing people face-to-face. Our entertainment was found in books, with our family and friends, or on the television. If the power went out, we could still engage in the majority of these activities. However, today, it’s a completely different story. When the power and the wi-fi go out, we feel as though life has been halted.
This is just another opportunity that life uses to interrupt us. I like to use these interruptions as a way to re-evaluate and re-structure some of the things that are happening in my life. Sometimes, you need a bit of darkness so that you can find your way back to the light.
In the darkness, I can use the time given as time to reflect, rather than see the current circumstance as an inconvenience. I think about where I currently am in life, how I got here, and where I plan on going. I think about how I can use my time to better serve the people around me. Then, I create a strategy for myself. Now that I know where I want to go, what can I do to get there?
I’ve noticed that when I take these “dark times” as a moment of reflection, I am often surprised and, at times, disappointed, when the power comes back on. Use life’s little interruptions as time to reflect or to make self-improvements and you’ll return back into the light, renewed and refreshed.
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