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Negativity abounds. I’m not sure if it’s because of the holidays or just folks’ life situations in general. In some cases, I have absolutely no control over the situation. In others, I find that I can take small steps to change the energy around me. The first step perhaps is what I read in the morning.
In the past few days I’ve opened a paper or an app on my iPad and read about:
- A woman being burned alive in an elevator
- A women being crushed between two floors in an elevator
- A child choking to death on food in a school cafeteria
- Clashes in Egypt
- Britney Spears’ engagement ring
…and a host of other stories that have done nothing to feed my soul.
I came to this conclusion last week as I was waiting on the train to work. I was perusing the latest in 20min and thinking “Is this really how I want to start my day?”.
Zite has been my go-to option for avoiding sensational stories, but it’s still learning my preferences.
I start my day reading news. I have to. I’m an addict.:-) But what if I started my day reading only positive and uplifting stories? Our minds are cultivated by what we feed them. Maybe it’s time to check my diet.
By making a concerted effort to avoid digesting doom and gloom, will I change the air around me? Or will I run the risk of becoming an ignorant Pollyanna, woefully unaware of my world?
I’m willing to give it a shot.
this post has me grinning from ear to ear.
is the news addict ready to let go of her daily negativity fix?
do it! i double dare you!
it just might make room for something else to come into your life
no need to become an ignorant pollyanna. i’m certain that one can stay informed by just reading the most pertinent articles in one sitting per week.
I’ve given up on making room for anything. To do so would mean I expect something. And my expectations are usually wrong.
I am 64 and most of my years I have not read the daily news paper. About 15 years I have subscribed to the daily paper. I always read the sports page first because it talks about winners and most of the stories are positive but of course there is always a losing team but that losing team can win the next time. I learned back in 1970 to think on positive things so I started purging out the griping, complaining, negative talk and replaced it with positive things. The biggest reason is because I surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ and decided to be encouraging, uplifting and positive. My life changed and that does not mean everything is positive because the love of Jesus has cross in His life and it will has crosses in my life but I know that I can turn everything into the greatest positive and that is eternal life with the Lord here on earth and especially eternally in heaven. Therefore see the good and good things will happen.
@Ron: Thank you for sharing your story.:-)