Shaun of the Dead

[the zombie apocalypse has happened Shaun goes to get some goodies from the store just down the block from him.]

So this comedy speaks to the younger generations for us out there.  So the apocalypse has happened, or at least massive amounts of people have turned into Zombies.  Shaun wakes up and walks to the store oblivious to the world around him.  Think about it for a second, he walked about countless signs of destruction: the car window broken in, things turned over in the street, trash strewn about, blood prints on the door, even slipping on the blood on the floor.  He didn't ever look up to see people were out and about on the street.  Shaun was tuned in only to his world.  Even the guy towards the end of the scene who Shaun thought was asking for spare change.

It was not until he got home and turned on the television that he was beginning to open his eyes to the world around him.  Even then he was flipping through channels not really paying attention.  The next part in the movie is he realizes that something has happened.

How many people spend there life like this staring into their phones oblivious to the world around them.  Even when they are looking at their phones, or iPads they are constantly bored it seems like.  I remember when I taught at a high school the kids just wanted to play games on their phones and iPads, but to what avail?  They were completely zoned out to the world around them.  The question that I leave to you is how aware of your surroundings are you?  Would you notice if the Apocalypse happened?  Would you notice the quite, or the noise?  Would you be like Shaun and walk 2ish blocks and not recognize anything was amiss?  Are we so comfortable with our life that we cannot see beyond our meanings, and purposes?

Put down the phone, the iPad, computer and look at the world around you.  Notice something beautiful, amazing, something unusual, anything.  Spend some time in the real world, I promise you it is far more exciting than the world of your phone.  The phone is a tool, only that, it is not meant to be more than that.