A Hearrt Otterbox
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
I
just got my very first Otterbox for my iPhone. Wow, do I sound with it! Even
saying those words makes me feel like I am in the know, high tech savvy and
ready to go. I got the teal shaded Otterbox, and boy does it look great! Of
course, I had to look up on YouTube how to open the Otterbox, install my
iPhone, and re-seal the Otterbox. Nothing is ever simple, is it?
For
those of you a little less tech savvy than me, the Otterbox is a case for the
iPhone that is an impact case, intended to protect the iPhone from damage due
to dropping. It is a durable silicone case “engineered with inner coring to
dissipate shock away from the device,” or so they say. In essence, complete
protection from any harm or damage due to the shocks from dropping the phone.
I
will confess that I am sort of clumsy, and have been known to drop my cell
phone from time to time- out of my purse, my pocket or even my hand. Now that I
have my sleek, new, teal Otterbox protecting my iPhone, I feel very safe.
Wouldn’t
it be nice if we could Otterbox our hearts? After the week I have had, it
sounds good to me.
We
could sell them in fashionable color tones, like light and dark teal, fuchsia
pink or even camouflage for those outdoorsy types. Heart Otterboxes would be
portable, you could carry them in your purse or your pocket, anywhere you go.
Heart
Otterboxes would protect our hearts from breaking when loved ones pass away,
from pain when family and friends let us down and from agony when cruel people
say and do things that make us feel unimportant and outcasted. The Heart
Otterbox would be engineered with an inner core to dissipate shock when life
turns on a dime and a sudden car accident or cancer diagnoses shakes up your
entire life.
Boy,
the more I think about it, the Heart Otterbox is sounding better and better to
me.
The
only problem is that if the Heart Otterbox keeps things out, it most likely
also keeps things in, things were were created to share with others, like love,
kindness and compassion. Our hearts would be shielded from all of the pain, but
they would also be isolated from all of the joy.
Can
you imagine a world where we were not able to wipe a friend’s tear, hug loved
one or feel the joy of holding a newborn baby?
I
guess safety can be overrated, even if it sounds good sometimes.
God
did not create our hearts so that we could seal them away in some form of Heart
Otterbox. He created our hearts so that we could share joy, love, compassion with
each other.
I
may be getting more tech savvy, but I guess I will never be heart savvy. I seem
to let my heart get hurt more than I should.
I
suppose the good always comes with the bad, like Peter Pan and his shadow, they
cannot be separated. And no matter how much we want to protect our hearts from
the shocks that life sometimes brings, I think we need to travel to the valleys
in order to appreciate the mountaintop moments we are blessed to have.
I
am glad to have my new teal Otterbox for my iPhone, but I guess I need to leave
my heart unprotected, that is, if I want experience the love in my life.
Nothing
is ever simple, is it?
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Posted by Trish Berg 2:28 PM
