How many times do we turn on the news channel, or pick up a
paper or check a news website and end up bombarded with all the horrible things
that people do to each other. How much
of a 30 minute news program is showing something good, instead of something
bad. We all know there are robberies,
homicides, rapes, war, fires, etc. ad nausea.
If you believe that like creates like, is it any surprise
that things just seem to be getting worse, instead of better. I wonder what the world would be like if we
stopped focusing on the negative and started focusing on the positive. What if instead of starting our days watching
or listening to a news program that shows the horror of our world, we spent
that time experiencing the good that people do for each other?
I stopped reading the news years ago. It was just all too much for my soul to take
in. I was already dealing with my
illnesses and being unable to function in a normal way and every horror story
that I read about a parent harming their child or a rape or an animal being
tortured and mutilated just tore another hole into my spirit and soul. I needed to get away from the nightmare, so I
stopped reading or watching the news.
Occasionally I’ll check out CNN or our local news web site to see if
there is anything really important that I need to know but it still is very
hard to get through it. All the
negativity just increases each day, at least it seems that way.
Two weeks ago I believe, I saw a very special story that
just touched my heart so much and made the wheels in my head start turning. I keep thinking that we need more good news
in our lives to replace the bad, something that can build on itself and
hopefully turn the tables.
If an effort to do my part and also cheer myself up a bit, I’m
starting a weekly segment here on my little blog called “Good Juju.” It will be a post about good news that has
happened in our world lately. I’d love
to have any suggestions for it and if there is something in particular you’d
like to see or a place where I can find good stories, let me know.
blessings
~*~
2 comments:
I love this idea and I feel the same way. I will be on the lookout for good juju stories
I gave up on watching the news years ago as well. I always say, the news should consist of this: Good evening, picture your worst nightmare. Today, it happened to someone somewhere. Good night.
A local story: A dog was found tied up and tossed in the river. A construction worker found it - ALIVE. He's keeping it! :)
I keep saying: When I die, DO NOT SEND ME BACK TO THIS CRAZY PLANET or any other like it.
~magick~
Meliss
ps: I forgot to tell you, smize is smiling with your eyes instead of that fake dead-eyed smile people usually do in pictures. Your ears go up and your eyes squint just a little. It's also an instant facelift. ;)
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