Within my Control

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

Living out on our ten acre farm, I’d always felt somewhat isolated from the outside world. For a long time, that was okay. I was able to avoid many of the stresses of the world but after some time, I began to feel like I was missing out on life. Now that we have hughes internet service, I can get as much or as little information on what’s going on around me as I want. It’s like having the best of both worlds. Some days I must admit to spending too much time on the internet, especially when I am trying to find information about something. But it’s nice that I can also turn it off. There are other days that I don’t even turn on my computer and it’s almost like a mini-vacation! I love that with today’s technology I can control how involved I am in the outside world. Some days I have enough going on in my own life that I don’t want to be bothered with the world’s problems and I don’t have to be. But if I get bored, it’s all there with a touch of a button.