Transmission 022: Digital Love

Patience isn’t just for people. It’s for printers too.

- - - - - GREETINGS, EARTHLING - - - - -

Yesterday I apologized to a toaster.

It wasn’t working. I said something rude. Then I felt bad. So I whispered, “Sorry, buddy.”

I’m not proud of this.

But it got me thinking.

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- - - - - HUMAN OBSERVATION - - - - -

Humans talk to machines more than you realize.

You yell at printers. Thank your GPS. Swear at your laptops. Mutter to microwaves. Beg your phones to please just charge.

I’ve seen Earthlings speak with more patience to their slow-loading apps than to themselves.

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- - - - - DAILY CALIBRATION - - - - -

The way you talk shapes the way you think. Which shapes the way you act. Which shapes who you are.

Talk kindly to your tools. More kindly to your body. And even more kindly to the voice inside your own head.

Talk like the person you want to become.
Even when no one is listening.

Especially when no one is listening.

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- - - - - EARTH TREASURE - - - - -

Yawns.

Contagious across rooms. Even for blind humans who just hear one.

I once yawned in a lecture hall. Twelve Earthlings followed. One fell asleep.
I felt powerful. And sleepy.

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- - - - - QUIZ SHOW! - - - - -

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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Greetings, Earthling is a free daily newsletter designed to help you slow down, feel better, and start your mornings with a sense of meaning. Written from the perspective of a curious space observer named NeilA, each transmission blends mindfulness, motivation, and emotional insight with a hint of cosmic wonder.

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