NOISE
In today's world we are surrounded by noise, TV, radio, cell phones, and everything that comes with it. Hundreds of channels of both TV and radio all screaming at you 24/7.
Phones that follow you around all day and night long and are hard to put down.
Walk in to almost any place to eat and all you see are people at the same table staring blankly at a small cell phone screen or at one of many TV screens surrounding the dining area.
In many cars people have a screen in front of them, directions, sensors lists of radio channels. And now car companies want larger screens and some all across the dashboard.
All this noise causes us to lose focus and become fatigued. I know that in my case I see hundreds of Missing Children notices a day. So many that they seem to jumble together. Facebook alone must have hundreds of sites that show these notices. If you add Twitter, Instagram and local news those numbers climb into the thousands.
So how do we fix this noise problem? How do we give the Missing Children the time they deserve? First we have to turn down the noise, focus on fewer notices the ones in your area. Go old school paper fliers are great tools, they can be placed in businesses in the area of where the child went missing, passed out hand to hand to people in the area. Bring back personal times, phones down and talk with the people around you.
By shutting down the noise we can make the Children important again, holding a paper flier with that child picture makes it more intimate and personal. It may sound old and out of date but guess what it works. Holding 1 photo has more power than seeing hundreds on a screen. Print off those fliers and let's get these Children back home.
Paul
