We have undoubtedly made life easier for ourselves.

Thanks to our collective genius (and stupidity), we have developed technologies that have given us a lifestyle superior to monarchs less than two centuries ago. Even the poorest among us can eat food that is more becoming of aristocrats of the 1800s (not to take away from the injustice of their access to food in general).

I’m typing this post on a computer, which has the capacity to tell me when I’ve committed a spelling mistake, correct it and change the text as I see fit without hassle. I can post this from anywhere in the world provided I have access to the Internet.

Some of the posts on this site were written on my phone while I was on the go, which was unheard of twenty years ago.

Yet, with all of what we have to make life easier, the trade-off has been for us to give the minimum amount in order to make it work. The idea of making sacrifices has been relegated to the outliers as something ‘crazy’ only that person could pull off.

Instead of truly giving of ourselves, we are giving only a persona of who we imagine ourselves to be. Any more would require real work and a level of authenticity we’re not willing to face.

This trend can only reverse if we understand the technologies that make life easier should also make it easier to give more of ourselves.