A slap on the Ego

03rd November- This is the day I was born few years( say decades!!) back and all these years I have been thinking this date as significant as 25th December or 02nd October ( May those holy, respected souls forgive me) by seeing a lot of friends,colleagues and relatives showering me with their wishes year after year in person,over phone and through Emails.

Yesterday( 03rd November), I want to experiment on how true is this , changed my Birthday on my profile !! on all social networking sites( Facebook,LinkedIn) and waited what's happening.....Nothing happened- except few great souls around me who really feel the day is significance because "I "was born ( heights of Ego!!) has wished me and others who generally shower their wishes have forgotten in their daily chores.

The underlying fact behind this is...
1. Gadgets and technology on networking , no doubt, bring people together and may remind us all the important days like a Birthday of your friend or yours.But you are a number there not a person.Don't get delighted someone surprisingly wished you "Happy Birthday "- probably you are reminded by the technology as a number to him.

2. All those connections and exchanges of pleasantries and wishing are happening only because the machine or technology is reminding people that you are existing and they are forced or with no other option using those equipment.


2. This advancements have greatly reduced our memory power. We use to remember 100s of telephone numbers, postcodes and dates in our mind or written in a small notepad but today one bloody computer crash or a lost sim card will paralyze us.

Finally, I got enlightened on my Birthday!! You may also try this and see the change in the number of people who remember you and wish you if they are not reminded by the machines...

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