Do you think sometimes in these days of instant news from around the world that we have too much...news that is!
As sad as it is to hear of a bus crash in Russia or a bridge collapse in
Africa do we really need to know everything that happens in the world. Every
little detail?
I couldn’t sleep the other night, what’s new, so switched on my radio and
hit after hit after hit disasters. One after the other after the other and
ending on, as they so often do especially on the TV news...some cute animal
story! Just laying there trying to take it all in is difficult enough let lone
separating the many disasters as they pile into your mind one after the
other.
We listen, take it in and then let it go. We can’t do anything..change
anything in another country far far away no matter how sad and distressing it
is. Often leaving me wondering did we really need to even know that?
The internet keeps us so informed of every little detail in the world that
happens and who and how many died. I know we can’t close our minds to the
suffering in the world but there’s only so much we can do...and only so much we
can take in come to that. Most of the time it is really no use to us to know.
No use at all!
In the villages and small towns years ago people survived without hearing
what’s happening on the other side of the world or the weather in some far off
country. It was easier then surely.
It’s not putting blinkers on and not wanting to know it’s more of what can
we do when we do know?
We know it can be a big bad world out there but surely knowing every
little detail is often too much to handle for anyone!
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