Auto pilot

Isn't auto pilot a strange concept? What an ENORmous responibility to just turn over to machines! But we do it everyday, in a different way, in our own lives. Computers, phones, ipods, video games, television, movies. Our brains could be on autopilot every second if we wanted. Do we? I sometimes just want to turn everything off to hear the birds sing, insects chirp, wind blow, God speak. Our modern conveniences are awesome  tools for communication, and I couldn't imagine life without them. I just hope they don't overshadow my mind, who I really am. I struggle with quiet time. My world is hectic, even chaotic at times, so why would I ignore something that could guide me into the right decisions to make? I am just realizing where a lot of my stress comes from, it is simply confusion. Listening to music, when I should just find a place of peace/prayer. Nick laughs at me sometimes, because I am sitting in the bathtub at 2 in the afternoon. He says, "Having a bad day?" But it's my quiet/ me time. You gotta find it somewhere. Along with hearing God's voice, we may even hear our own. He made us in His image, so we should trust what he gave us, intuition/instinct. I was reading about the tsunami of '04, and how that few wild animals were killed. If that was true, why didn't people feel those same feelings of retreat? The scarry thing is, maybe they could have, but life is so distracting. Which makes me wonder, how is it worth it.......if it kills you.