Sometimes we forget.
Sometimes in the midst of all the dark and ugly, we forget that there is so much good.
In the midst of the school shootings and abuse and madness, we aren't able to see the light.
The media does a good job of showing us all that is wrong, all that is scary.
I used to be a part of the media. I wrote for a couple of newspapers. I know a little bit about how it works. Unfortunately, if it bleeds it leads. I am not here to media bash. The media is important. It's important to know what is going on around us, what is being done to us, what we can do to fix things.
Media actually protects us...but...it's a double edged sword. That which informs us, that which protects us, can also harm us. It can dampen our spirits, beat us down, cause us to throw our hands in the air and sometimes throw in the towel.
It's not easy living in these times. It's not easy to find peace. Even if the goal is to protect us, it's not always easy hearing about all of the things in our food that is killing us. Oh, and that drug that is supposed to be helping you? So sorry. We just found out it's killing you too.
No wonder our society is running rampant with anxiety and anxiety disorders.
And sometimes we don't even realize what it's doing to us. It's a slow burn.
But there is light.
It's not easy to see at first. It's not a welcoming beacon that absorbs us in its enveloping light. Sometimes we must search for it, seek it out.
But it's there. Boy, is it there.
In the midst of the Sandy Hooks and the political division that is even now invading our churches, there is also this...
http://makinglifewhimsical.blogspot.com/2012/12/kindness-inspires-kindness.html
A woman who rallied a team of people to do 40 extraordinary acts of kindness for others as a celebration of her 40th birthday. Bet you didn't see this on the news.
In the midst of the the hopelessness, there is also this...
http://lifewithgreyson.blogspot.com/
It's just a blog by an everyday mom who has been dealt a challenging hand. But rather than wallow in self pity, she chooses to reach out to others by sharing her journey with beautiful autistic children in hopes to help others thrive.
For everyone who is uncomfortably looking away, there is certainly someone who isn't, and who is doing something about things like this...
KONY 2012
www.youtube.com
The KONY 2012 is a campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a p...
or this...
END IT : Shine a Light on Slavery
And for all of the hate out there, there is someone like this...
A woman with 50,000 PLUS followers who is starting a 'Love Revolution' and a place to help others.
There is so much good. It's unfortunate that it's harder to find. Uncommon to hear about. But it's out there.
There is light.
Find it. Focus on it. And breathe it in.
So we can live it.
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