Why you, do or do not, watch the news...

 I have never been a big TV fan or a fan of reading the newspaper, even when I was a child and I haven't watched the news since before Princess Diana died. Her event always stands out in my mind because it was such a monumental headline and I didn't know about it until someone told me. Nothing has really changed since then. My life has always been ( since I was a child) full of drama, death and and dysfunction and watching and listening to the worlds issues has always been to much for me. I am aware of many things around me in my town/state/country but I can't be fully engaged with it. I try every once an awhile to watch the news and it sends me into a downward spiral of sadness and depression. I have always felt that if I choose to focus on the good in my life, the lives of those around me and always reading "good news" stories ( http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ ) that will do more good for the world then I could ever do drowning in and contributing to the other side.


This is a cooperative blog that my friend and I started to give us deeper things to thing about and ponder. If you would like to see what her opinion is on...  "Why or Why not" head on over to her blog: http://gentlegull.blogspot.com/2015/11/why-you-do-or-do-not-watch-news.html