What a miracle indeed! This thing they call "cyberspace"! To be in charge as the captain of your own boat as you surf not on water but on what is called The Web. Surfing on cyberspace waves like a rocket in outer space, surfing email programs, installed software, websites, online storage of images, you name it, it is all on The Web! Why do they call it The Web? Because it is a like spider web of sorts, a place that catches everything in its stickiness, you name it, you can find it on The Web.
To be blessed to not just have access to the Internet, but to have this access on a pro computer, a computer that has a keyboard and HD monitor, a computer with good installed protection against viruses, a computer that is super fast and sensitive to your finger touch and your flick of your wrist, a computer that is not a chore and disobeying you, but instead follows your every command.
To have a nice sized monitor to view the print, to see it without difficulties, to adjust the light brightness level to not hurt the eyes, to prop it up so it is in equivalence with your eyes' direct view, to not have to cramp and bend over a computer that would hurt the neck or bring stiffness to the shoulders, being at ease when you use it, sitting in a comfortable easy chair as you type, having a responsive keyboard, tapping it joyously like a piano, hearing each key go "plunk"! Being a writer with a computer and using its ease to enjoy writing as a delight, a craft, that is user-friendly.
To have a way to be in immediate contact with your loved ones, wherever you are, wherever they are. To be what is called "plugged in". To have the ability to "unplug" at anytime when you need rest and privacy, to be able to isolate yourself to enjoy aloneness by simply being away from your computer. To go back to your computer when you want to, to have its access be your choice and not an imposition.
To be able to do research of knowledge at your fingertips by putting keywords into Google, taking a trip through websites that have answers to your questions. Never to be without an ability to gain knowledge, to have a computer that is your teacher, not to need a dependency on a human as teacher who errors, to be able to find an answer to any question you pose. Not to then be afraid to ask a question because it is something you are already supposed to know. To never be ashamed to not know an answer to a question, to always be able to ask a computer who will not shame you. To then be a guru, to have all the answers to all the questions of the universe at your fingertips.
To have these answers and so be able to use computer access to teach others the answers by uploading published articles onto The Web yourself. To want to share your knowledge with others and to be able to do this by publishing on the Internet to get the word around. To have something to say, and to be able to say it, and to have listeners in your readers, to be "out there" and to have something to say that someone wants to know.
Not a TV that you cannot interact with, not passive entertainment where you do nothing but change a channel, instead a computer that you can talk to and that will talk back. A robot to use that obeys your every wish, and fulfills your every desire.
Having a computer; therefore having a friend, and to be able to use your computer to be a friend to others.
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