Accessibly Isolated

     In the midst of our technologically advanced generation, the presence of an efficient and real-time communication lines and gadgetry brings forth a deeper sense of irony and that is: more people feel isolated. I guess many would be reacting to this statement, but allow me to raise my point before storming me with objections and dissertations about connectivity at this cyber-age.
     Even in the midst of having hi-speed internet, LTE, advanced mobile phones and tablets, there is no guarantee that these massive instruments of connectivity would bridge gaps brought forth by deliberate absence in the different sectors of the society. Calling to check your kids through mobile phones might give you an idea where your children are, but it does not necessary fill-in the need for a loving presence and support. One could watch his or her child playing football or baseball in the field through real-time camera phone recorders, but nothing would substitute the warmth that a child would feel while seeing his or her dad present in bleacher shouting "You can do it baby!!!". Or one could view endlessly his or her child perform in the school-sponsored staging of the "Sound of Music" over You Tube; however nothing compares to the boost that a child could muster in his/her heart when he/she knows that his/her mom is there in the audience watching with pride.
    Isolation and absence in the midst of technology does not only thrive in family relationships. Even among couples, the realization that there when a loved one ignores a call and never return it, nor even sent an SMS, solidifies the paranoia of a person who looks forward for a response through the mobile phone...and the more the person waits...the more the isolating feeling intensifies...
    Are we living in a world that many of our loved ones are so accessible, yet there is that feeling that we are remotely isolated.