Look Up. Most people tend to ignore that thought in the back of their minds. Why? Because they are just too focused on their little technological devices. But what do these devices actually bring into our lives? Do they really bring enjoyment, or do they merely distract us from our priorities?

Humans are born into this world, not by choice, but by their parents' choice. They are exposed to many different things: leisure time, academic life, work life, social life, and many other responsibilities. In fact, getting distracted by a phone screen shouldn't be a priority. Instead of giving us the freedom we need, it cuts down on our choice of acting on our own.

These phones/game systems/television/computers distract us from what is really important: communication. In the right way. And, what do I mean by that? Well, the answer is simple.

Actually talking to people; picking up the phone to hear the other person's voice. Not hiding behind a screen and exchanging countless emojis back and forth. Actually exchanging a greeting of hi's and bye's, not typing the words "brb" or "ttyl" on a phone with quick haste.

Actual greetings in person share personal meaning, while words on a screen seem like a chore to read.

In this era, people feel the need to make friends with people online rather than going up to a stranger in person and starting up an innocent conversation. So many people these days hate being judged, and thus resort to hiding behind a computer keypad. What they do not realize is that the more they hide behind that opaque screen, the more they are pitied.

Thus, they start to become cowards; afraid to actually talk to people in public. Judgment: what a depressing word. It's the constant fear that everyone wants to avoid. What they don't realize is that it is inevitable.

We are formed to judge and care about what others think, and mere technology isn't gonna change that.

I may be a hypocrite for saying all this because I also own a phone and spend countless time on it, worrying about my posts on social media and whether people will follow me on my accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. I am also part of the many people that are on their way to ignoring what's happening around them, and focusing on the little words and pictures on their screen. Their whole world is that screen.

While natural events may be happening, they don't bother to run.

Instead, they bother to raise their phones in the air to record the event on Snapchat.

Why do we feel the need to prove ourselves so much? Why do we want others to see? What do we want them to see?

My brother is 10 years old and yet he is so focused on the idea of having a phone that he gets distracted by other people's phones. Back when I was 10 years old, the idea of phones wasn't at all appealing to me. Instead, only when people at school started mentioning how popularity correlated to the possession of a phone, I began to think to myself why I didn't have one.

Not once did I stop to think that this was what society wanted me to think: that having a phone meant everything. Back then, I liked coloring with crayons and color pencils, reading a book, or working on a fun puzzle. Nowadays, little kids get more accustomed to new technology.

Now, virtual reality is being invented. Everyone wants to get it. The iPhone X is out. Everyone is racing to get it.

What's the purpose? Yeah, yeah, besides the fact that we are all very shallow people, waiting for the next mystery, waiting to be the first person to uncover that mystery; what are we doing with ourselves? Isn't life just supposed to be living for ourselves, and not living for the judgment of others?

I hope we can work towards resisting the temptation of technology and realize that life is just worth much more than that.