A Battle in the USA Today

There is a BATTLE being waged right here, in the U.S.A.

Our actions can support or hinder this battle.

If being part of the SOLUTION interests you, READ ON.


This battle is being fought in every state, every city and every neighborhood that...
has Internet access.

It involves all of the attention we give to TRIVIAL EVENTS.

The "battle" I notice is between:
the amount of Media Attention to Trivial, Negative Events compared with
the amount of Media Attention to Positive, Inspirational Events.


Case in point:
As I opened the Yahoo home page to access my email account, a story "jumped out" from the screen about Ann Curry and the mistake she made in her commencement address at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. I am not going to detail what that mistake entailed since I find it to be trivial news, focused on negativity.

I personally would prefer that a different news article would have grabbed my attention.
Instead, I would prefer to have read about...
someone who is overcoming a challenge,
or someone who is creating positive changes in their community.

I try to make wise choices with the food I put into my body.
I believe the media input we feed our minds can either suppress or nourish us mentally.
I appreciate media sources that strive to enrich our lives with POSITIVE news.

In my opinion, I do not feel that Ann Curry's blunder needed to be "pop up", Internet news. It seems that we are so quick in our society to hunt down people's trivial "brush fire" faults and spread them like wildfire!

The article stated that there would be no video or transcript of Curry's gaffe on the Web because the school graciously removed all traces of it.
If that was the response of those closest to the situation,
WHY must the media hunt down negativity and post it for all to see?

Perhaps there are those who want to focus on that kind of news.

I am not one of those people.
I believe many others feel the same.

We have little control over what the media publishes.
We do have control over what we choose to put into our minds, however.
We can control the news we spread by "word of mouth".

We CAN make a change.
We can find ways in our own corner of the world to focus on the positive.

Think about how our society could benefit if each person took their attention off of the TRIVIAL.

Let's build each other up, not break each other down!

Yes, Ann Curry made a mistake, yet she is HUMAN.

We all are!

We are all, PERFECTLY... IMPERFECT!!!


We are so fortunate in this country to live in peace...with no actual war being raged on U.S.A. soil.
Let's not create our own battle with trivial criticisms.

Each of us can help by refusing to give attention to trivial matters!

We all inhabit some part of this Intriguing World.

Do we decorate our space with dull criticisms & complaints or colorful compliments?

The power to choose is ours.
The choice lies..
at the tip of our tongue!

One helpful resource I recently discovered as I strive to focus on the positive is:
A Complaint Free World.org

This is a website that has a suggested plan to help a person develop an attitude of gratitude. It is based on the premise that it takes 21 days to form a new habit.

Although I am aware of the importance of focusing on the positive in my life and speaking without complaints, it is not always easy for me to do!
I am wearing my Complaint Free Bracelet today. I plan to keep track of my progress toward my goal of going 21 days without complaining.

Here's to Day One...