Opt Out of the News
You turn the news on.
Murder in
your neighborhood, theft
in your
city, crime all around you
- all of
which you are powerless to
do
anything about. People
objectified,
developing complexes that
will
haunt them for the rest of
their
lives, passing them on to
you at
no additional charge.
Officials
full of lies spouting
through the
screen, poisoning your
heart. The
media focuses on tragedy,
glorifies
disaster, and encourages
us to live
in terror. Fear your neighbors,
fear
your officials, fear your
family, fear
your life.
Being pummeled with bad
news
all the time damages us,
even
when we don’t notice it.
How can
we live with hope, how can
we
dance through life with
joyous
steps when we’re bombarded
with
fear? Steeping ourselves
in this
negativity keeps us from
focusing
on the positive.
What can you do? You can
opt out of the news;
there’s no
requirement to watch or
listen.
You’ll be far better off
without
it - and when something
actually
important happens, you’ll
still
know. People will talk
about it and
it will seep through, and
then you
can choose to either take
heed or
ignore.
they have a choice, too.
Choose to live your life differently,
and you start a revolution
simply
by being yourself.
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