Since I was born before computers were invented, and lived without cell phones and digital media most of my adult life, the last twenty years have been a challenge. Sure, we had our newspapers, and my workplaces used hand or typewritten reports, physical files, and all my college papers were done to the chatter of an Olivetti portable. Interactions with people were personal or by correspondence. While in the Marines, I wrote to my wife to be every day, and anticipated receiving her letters with great pleasure. Yes, the TV was part of life in my early years as a child in the 1950’s. Our first TV, a 13 inch Westinghouse black and white, entertained us and showed us the culture in full bloom, and most shows were family oriented and free of the coarse and immoral conduct available today. In high school and in the Marines, I seldom watched TV at all, and didn’t miss it either, being busy with part time jobs after school, and not bothering with it in the service. Life was lived, quite simply and unencumbered without TV, but the radio and newspapers kept me up to date. College studies left little time to do because books and reports were always more needful. My life as a Christian was also simplified and uncomplicated. I felt that my faith was the important thing, though I often stumbled in my walk with the Lord. Today, digital media and social media are a problem for not only the young, but for parents, grandparents, people of all classes are addicted. The images are often carnal, the messages worldly and immoral, and though innovative with some positives in some respects, it has huge social consequences. Yes, the Gospel message is getting out, but so is collective narcissism and vanity. I am not on social media any longer. I just read sites like this and others, and do you know something, I feel better, my thinking less intense, my aspirations for peace of mind and living a Christian life unencumbered by the chatter and noise. Perhaps, others can avoid addiction to social media, but for me, it is not worth it. Soli Deo Gloria