Device is defined as:
- a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.”
- a plan, scheme, or trick with a particular aim
Vice is defined as:
- immoral or wicked behavior.
- a weakness of character or behavior; a bad habit.
The prefix “de-” is commonly used to indicate privation, removal, separation, negation, descent, reversal and intensity.
Left to our own devices, we have grown accustomed to rely on our devices, which is used as a device to deprive us of connection, remove us from reality, separate us from our friends and family, and negate opportunities to grow. All of which leads to a descent in our well-being, a reversal of our progress and serves to intensify our pain.
Choosing to use the one device we always have in our control, our reasoned choice, is the key to de-vicing ourselves. To be able to live without vice.