How do we communicate with each other?

  I have been thinking a lot lately about social media. It has changed in many ways over the years.  I remember when it started out we all actually were creative in our postings. We actually had to think about what we were going to post. We had to put our thoughts into words. I don't know about you, but I kind of miss that about social media. Let's think about this.
  Have we lost our communicating skills or perhaps we have become lazy. Can we look at someone and have an actual conversation with real words? Or do we meet up with someone, keep our heads down, looking at our phone, and either say LOL or text it to that very person standing next to us?
  Sadly enough, I do see this quite often.  How does that make one feel? I know for me I prefer to see the other person's eyes, and I prefer to actually speak to the other person using real words, like hello, how are you my friend. Where have our creativity and social skills gone?
  Let's look at this in perspective to our relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. When we pray to Jesus, do we use all abbreviations and symbols? Or are we actually talking with Him? Are we taking our time and listening back to Him? Or are we just tossing our list of needs to Him and then ending the conversation abruptly? Does that edify Jesus or even our own spirits? I don't think so. To put it bluntly, I'd say that really offends Jesus. Just like we are offended if a friend isn't paying attention to us while we are having a conversation.
  As mentioned above, are we listening? My husband often says "God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth, therefore He must intend for us to listen more than speaking." Part of communicating is listening.
Whether we are talking with a friend, or talking with Jesus, we need to listen to what the other has to say.
  My friends, I am determined to be a better communicator with face to face conversations, or actual creative posts on facebook, and being a better listener. Will you join me? Can we get back to real life conversations, person to person?