Cable ties

As you know,my preference is to choose love not fear. So I'm trying not to be concerned by the radio show subject on Friday discussing how reliant we are on internet cables across the sea bed that cover miles so cannot be easily protected. The threat to their security isn't new, indeed cable sabotage was a technique used in world war 2. So whilst I don't want to fret, it certainly got me thinking just how dependent on communication I am for almost every aspect of my life. The dog is my only non mediated relationship, every other one uses technology to stay in touch,even my kids who I live with. Everyone else including my family, best of friends and my partner, I maintain contact with through frequent texts, emails, the internet, or calls. All of which rely on those cables. I do still see actual people in real life, but those arrangements are made of course via technology because the people in my life are spread over a considerable distance.
My job too is completely done via email and text and calls. I use those cables to pay for my food shop, to listen to music, to keep up to date with what's going on in the world. It's hard to contemplate how different my life would be without them. Just me and the dog maybe?!