Are you there?

I am old enough to remember what it was like to make plans with someone ahead of time and expect them to show up.  To remember that we had to look for a phone booth if you needed to make a call while you were out.  But I am still young enough to enjoy the technology of gizmos and gadgets that keep us connected. 

However, some days I just don't want to be found.   There are days where I don't want someone calling me on my cell, my house line, skyping me or calling on each of my familys' cell phones.  Or even texting me, emailing me, or faxing me.  There is a deliciously scary feeling to be "out of touch".  The silence and tranquility of knowing you are independent of that tether.  The knowing you are free from demands, expectations or requests, even for a short period of time.

The flip side is that it is scary, this we never conceived when were younger.  What if we need help?  What if there is an emergency?  That is a part of the layer of connectiveness we live with by being plugged in.  Always certain that we will have a connection if we need help or assistance or even access to answering a simple question that we just thought about.

But are we more connected?  Or is it an illusion?