As I have gotten older I have become a news junkie. I read the news and I find that the more I read the news the more disheartened I get with the way the world is going. I also find it to be full of gloom and doom stories. Everyday I read about someone killing someone else or killing groups of people. Police officers getting killed in the line of duty, or innocent children at school. I often wonder if the world my children are growing up in is going to be worse off than the one I grew up in. My childhood was fun and carefree. I used to play outside, ride my bike around the neighborhood, play in my backyard, walk to school. I wasn't worried about crazy people hurting me or kidnapping me. Today I would not let my children their bikes around the neighborhood for hours on end or play in the neighborhood down the street. Has the world gotten more stressful? I am perplexed as to why there is so much more violence. Do we blame video games, violent movies? lack of parent involvement children's lives?
What I'd really like to read in the news are stories of inspiration, triumphs of the human spirit, people doing good deeds in their communities, people helping strangers or random act of kindness. We should focus on the positives of our world and not all the negatives. I truly believe negatives bring on more negatives and positives bring about more positives. By focusing on the negatives we are giving power to the violence. We are maybe even encouraging people to replicate or go above what others have done that is heinous. Do we really want to bring attention to the people who cause harm? Let's focus on those that do good.
Just random thoughts on a Monday afternoon....
