DIY

 Used to be that everyone dealt with issues such as racism, protest and other matters in their personal space when they happened. We spoke up and put that kind of thing down immediately. Now it seems that we are wearing masks of a sort that have us running off to the media or the "government" to report and recount even the most minor events. Out comes the cell phone and the idiot texting habit happens and spreads more quickly than any virus and most of it is based on what can be handled at the moment it happens. Someone comes across a word in a long ago text book or sees a picture in a magazine of something in the background and suddenly it becomes a big media issue. It makes me wonder if that is a good thing or not. Does it build us up or tear us down? While a crucial matter that involves the world in a WW3 scare these unfortunate days, I find reading the daily news on line, or see print picture after picture of someone with a bone to pick, a tiny saying inappropriate, about the most innocent occurrence. Everyone loves to jump into it passionately. Peace disappears and a small mistake becomes a huge problem . Don't know about you, but I don't have the will or time to be attempting to solve everyone else's problems. Sure, I can handle some of them and do, but it seems that many of them are based on a personal sensitivity that we already have laws to protect and places to go to see that they are taken care of. When I turn on morning radio that previously played pleasant music and recounted life stories of every kind of individual living their daily lives, I am now hearing rather sharp and nasty interviews and horror stories of encounters that someone has experienced and while they aren't nice, they aren't worthy of major attention in a morning wake-up show. Frankly, after hearing these over and over again to the point of screamingly boring repetition, I want to say I GET IT.  I don't want every radio host becoming an investigative reporter, ranting on in the early morning, the same topics that tend to drag us all down rather than telling us tales of positive actions and behaviors in order to start our days in a happy note. I am not asking for pie in the sky but I would like to find some positivity out there. It is no wonder that there is rampant depression and stress beyond the daily Covid news that invades every corner of our lives. Have we all become witch hunters and nit pickers who fear to open our mouths because even though we all know what is politically correct or not, others sometimes pluck out some miniscule comment or expression or body language to regale us with their righteous retorts. The world can be a polite, sensitive place if we all are kind and understanding and loving with the knowledge of what being a good citizen and human being  is all about. Maybe all of our lives would improve if we sought out the good things in life and shared them: all that is good and beautiful and true. Yes, there is bad out there but there are also good deeds and talents of every kind by every kind. Perhaps, the best and safest way is to "smell the roses" even though sometimes, we walk amongst thorns.