Today, and actually for the past few weeks now, I’ve been shaking my fist at my computer. It’s slow, keeps crashing, ignores simple commands, and is all around annoying me. But however annoying it is, it’s still much better than the alternative, which is to not have a computer at all.
So that got me thinking, I’m so grateful for what computers have done for the world. Computers, and obviously the internet have opened the world up, made the remote seem closer, showed us the wonderful, and showed us heartbreak. Twenty years ago, we wouldn’t have had the ability to immediately see the suffering in the Philippines, and we knew nothing about the hundreds of animals sitting in shelters, hoping for forever homes.
And of course, without computers, we wouldn’t be planning transports of cats. Later this month, I’ll be helping with my second off-books transport in a matter of weeks. Off-books simply means that there are few enough transporters that we don’t need to use our resources to post a sign-up sheet, make pictures, and advertise it to the world. A few weeks back, I helped reunite a lost kitty with her nursing kittens. And in a few weeks, I’ll have room in my van for 6 carriers, and will take them 1 ½ hours down the road. A short chunk of time out of my weekend, and I’m going to participate because of the wonders of computers, the internet, and of course, Facebook.
So tonight, while I’m frustrated, I’m also humbled by the knowledge of a big world becoming a little smaller. I’m full of gratitude for those who paved the way for us to make the world a better place. Because really, I think that what we do truly makes the world smaller, sweeter, and better. Thanks, computers. You frustrate us, and help us, sometimes within minutes of each other. ~noelle~
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