No,The World Isn't

 There is a general fungus these days that has spread throughout the planet, particularly in the most "civilized" parts. Having achieved most of its ideals and wants and needs, the "other" parts of the world want it, too. And why not? What the posh have, is there for everyone to view on the technical gizmos that even the poorest of the poor seem to own. We humans love to dream that if we want something we can have it. We are told this over and over again by people who don't know it's a lie. Or perhaps a fairy tale. It is highly unlikely that achieving your idealistic goals is going always to happen. But to keep on trying is the key to happiness. As they say, going there is half the fun. Getting there is a goal and if you do "get there" the reward is helping others to make it, as well. It's lonely at the top. But platitudes don't help much. No, the world is not in worse shape any more that it ever has been. It's in the shape of a world that constantly changes over the ages, and for some reason, lately, everyone sees it clearly via their electronics. What you see isn't always what IS. A camera, in whatever form, can't envelope an entire environment. The camera or view or viewpoint today is narrow and manipulated in various ways that are mostly economic at the core. Money and all that it brings, good and bad, rules, but it is like a sponge. It tries to suck you in, but that's up to you. You aren't a blob of jelly to be absorbed into what you don't want. We don't want stress, we don't want the worries of the world and we have the power to decided what we should hear and see and how we should react and behave about it all. There is an OFF button. Take what you see and hear, into doses that work for you. If they are small ones or big ones you can handle, fine. Learn to look beyond and behind and around what is plunked in front of  you, largely by the media. The Media isn't always the enemy. The Media can be turned off if you have the courage and determination to realize, you are the one with the power. Don't necessarily accept what is shoved in front of you. Consider.  You have to screen it and decide about it and analyse it to see if it can or shall be yours - or not. Today's scammers are everywhere, and they will try to convince us all to go the way they say is best for us. But hey, we are much wiser than that. We have the power. We do the selection when it comes to our own lives and thus, we survive. We know how much is too much when it comes to fashion in any aspect of anything that we are involved with. We don't need someone to tell us how to think or feel or look or spend. What we need is  to consider, to weigh, to compare, to learn the value to ourselves and those we love. Those we love have their measures. also. of what works for them. It is time to look at the parts of the world that are good and beautiful and satisfying and lasting and of worth. It's out there for us to find. Think first.