They Call This Stuff News?
My background is self improvement.
One of my core beliefs and teachings is that we each create our own reality.
I am very concerned that many folks are allowing others to take this vital role away from them.
Although I have not had programmed TV in our house for over 17 years now, the ‘news’ still gets to me through the Internet, radio and conversations with others.
What bothers me is the idea that we are all about to crash and burn.
And as I watch the savings of many people disappear in the stock market I have to wonder what the heck is going on!
I think we all need to take a very close look at what tribe we are part of!
In my tribe(s) which include my family tribe, business tribe, friends tribe, etc… – our world is pretty much the same as it has always been.
There is no one panicking that I am aware of. Are some of the members of our tribes going through challenges due to financial challenges? Of course – but that is always happening!
All of us are still doing our best to create our lives the best we can. We are making daily choices to the best of our ability. And most of the folks I know are figuring out ways to take best advantage of every opportunity that arises. And there are incredible opportunities in today’s world!
When you come across someone who seems to be part of the tribe that believes the world is ending – please point out to them they are creating their own reality.
As for me – that world I hear about on the news (it shouldn’t even be called news in my opinion) is not the world I live in. Nor would I want to!
What do you think?
If you feel strongly about this, please post a comment on the blog…
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I decided back in April of this year to not watch the news. I have been happier, calmer and more in touch with what is going on right here at home. I get too much news contection through the internet and will be watching my clicks much more. Thanks for confirming what is happening to me can happen to anyone who decides that the important news is that which is happening to those in our lives.
Too true Julie! It really takes some willpower to stay away from the internet “site” as well. It is way too easy to click on my email, read blogs, watch videos and news and think I have accomplished something other that add to the garbage already in my head! Thanks for the comment!
Miami
Do you use “Google Alerts” to find out positive information that is soothing to you?
Should I delete my alerts for “Teacher arrested” and “Student Arrested” ? .. even if some are comical … one teenage boy threw a chicken leg at his mom’s boyfriend and got arrested.. another attempted to kiss a girl and got arrested..
Most are not comical.. but others teach me the dangers of simply riding a school bus in 2011. Homeschooling seems to be the only way for me to protect my kids.
Newspapers were supposed to educate the townspeople..(I have learned we live in an urban jungle and to minimize danger) My wife works in an elementary school and is terrified of middle or high schools.. she refuses to work with the wild animals.
(Me.. I got fired.. only a classroom camera could have saved me… but I consider myself blessed because of it) (I only went to private schools and was not prepared to be in a public school environment ..aka.. a Zoo)
I used to love the Peace Corps until I found out 1,000 women volunteers were raped in the last 10 years.. This info I’ll pass on .. women should not serve in the Peace Corps at all. ( specific Google Alerts have helped me be more prepared)
Ps. I don’t watch TV at all. I just read to my kids, take care of my old mother (bank, post office, dollar store) and play daily. I’m also focusing on my dreams finally.. business ideas .. self improvement)
* I don’t visit people’s houses at all. I don’t talk to kids at all anymore.(They could say something..and boom I get in trouble) I don’t call anybody/ not even my nieces and nephews. If a kid approaches my kid at the park I move 20 feet away while they play soccer. I don’t look at people’s eyes anymore. I don’t greet people first at all. I do smile while at my kids’ school functions.
* I let the wife deal with “people”. (I rarely answer the phone)
* I am a voluntary mute now .. I don’t want to be but I have to be in order to protect myself.
One boy followed me around the schoolyard.. I turned around and told him I was a stranger and that I was an adult and not allowed to talk to him unless his mom or dad were present. He said, “I know you. You are so-and-so’s dad.”
(I wanted to hug him and tell him I loved him.. but “free speech” is not permitted.. and I would only lower his self-defensiveness by letting him talk to me, a “stranger”)
* I feel terrible when I see a “7?” year old girl walking home alone in a deserted road while I pass by in my car.. I feel the urge to pull over and give her a ride home.. or to abandon my car there and “walk her home” but then I am a stranger.