Contentment #AtoZChallenge
Click. Click. Click.
Three different pictures.
Three different angles.
Three objects.
Frown.
A man in mid-forties was looking at the teenage girl’s incessant attempts to get the best interesting picture click out of a monotonous inflight meal, a cup of coffee and her kindle. a slight smile reached his lips as his eyes now foused the paperback he was holding in his hands.
She caught him smiling from the corner of her eyes, a little embarassed she put her phone away and looked at him and smiled sheepishly.
“It’s for my instagram feed you know, I have more than 1000 followers. They love my clicks of random things. My take on life”, she justified to the man.
He smiled some more and nodded.
“Don’t you want to click some and show your family back home what you ate for lunch”, she asked curiosly.
“I don’t have a camera phone”, he spoke, fishing out his basic phone from his pocket.
“You don’t own a smartphone?” she spoke, her mouth agape with shock.
“Nope. I don’t have a fear of missing out”, he replied with a smile that’s very rare to find.
She bit her tongue before she spoke again, “But a smartphone lets you do so much more!” Her voice offering the justification which her words couldn’t.
“Not really. It just takes away what you have”, he said and added after a pause, “that’s my perspective. You should live in the moment not in the fear of sharing it with others.”
She face showed that she still find it impossible to see a person without a smartphone.
“I have a camera to take pictures of the moments I want to preserve. I prefer paperback for books. Watch movies on full screen not on 5″. And this phone plays music though. What else do I need?” he spoke gently and made sense.
In a little life she had lived she had never seen a person so content with so basic things in life. She took a sip of the coffee and for a change actually felt the taste of it instead of thinking about the next Instagram post’s caption.
Three different pictures.
Three different angles.
Three objects.
Frown.
A man in mid-forties was looking at the teenage girl’s incessant attempts to get the best interesting picture click out of a monotonous inflight meal, a cup of coffee and her kindle. a slight smile reached his lips as his eyes now foused the paperback he was holding in his hands.
She caught him smiling from the corner of her eyes, a little embarassed she put her phone away and looked at him and smiled sheepishly.
“It’s for my instagram feed you know, I have more than 1000 followers. They love my clicks of random things. My take on life”, she justified to the man.
He smiled some more and nodded.
“Don’t you want to click some and show your family back home what you ate for lunch”, she asked curiosly.
“I don’t have a camera phone”, he spoke, fishing out his basic phone from his pocket.
“You don’t own a smartphone?” she spoke, her mouth agape with shock.
“Nope. I don’t have a fear of missing out”, he replied with a smile that’s very rare to find.
She bit her tongue before she spoke again, “But a smartphone lets you do so much more!” Her voice offering the justification which her words couldn’t.
“Not really. It just takes away what you have”, he said and added after a pause, “that’s my perspective. You should live in the moment not in the fear of sharing it with others.”
She face showed that she still find it impossible to see a person without a smartphone.
“I have a camera to take pictures of the moments I want to preserve. I prefer paperback for books. Watch movies on full screen not on 5″. And this phone plays music though. What else do I need?” he spoke gently and made sense.
In a little life she had lived she had never seen a person so content with so basic things in life. She took a sip of the coffee and for a change actually felt the taste of it instead of thinking about the next Instagram post’s caption.
Happiness is more than just a word. As we grow old we often forget to take notice of little moments of joy and feel bliss out of random things. Here’s an attempt to find something hidden in the little corners of heart… 💕
Let’s make this world a happier place, with one story at a time!
I wish i dint have this fear of missing out… Where is my contentment?????? ( thinking of throwing away my smart phone… well after atoz challenge) :))))
I think our smartphone generation totally needs to soak in this pep talk.Especially the tiny tots now growing up!