Reading newspapers has become a burden. To find the news I first have to wade through loads of semi-pornograhpical adds and articles, the latter mainly about some low-life celebreties and how depraved they are, and then I have to decode the news items when I finally find them. Yes, decode is the right word, because there is very little truth in the news as they are presented to us.
At the end of the day I always think; «Why bother reading the newspapers in the first place?» I only do out of old (and bad) habit, and it really only serves as a catalyst for my own frustration. The news are in any case extremely negative, and we actually get all the negative news of the entire world served to us every single day. How can that possibly be good? Do I really need to see all that shit every single day of my life? Does this really concern me? I don’t live in a «Global village», so why let them pretend I do?
So at first I read the online newspapers less and less, and I think I have come to the conclusion that I will stop altogether. There is no point anymore; I can get my news from blogs made by people who see and experience the news themselves.
When it comes to my own blog I have decided to stop focusing on the negative in our world. I am just too tired of reading, thinking and writing about this. I want to open up the window and let in the fresh air and the light instead, and embrace only positivity. I want positive posts about solutions to our problems, rather than just focus on the problems. Positive environmentalism, Paganism, philosophy, stories and anecdotes. There will be less to say, much less, because there is less good than bad in our world right now, and fewer solutions than problems, but that’s okay. Saying nothing is some times the wisest thing you can do.
The press will soon die, because so many of us stop buying their services or even using their «free» services, and we will be better off without them. The rest of the power of the internationalists will also soon die, and especially if we focus on the positive in us and our culture. The Europe of tomorrow will be lighter, brighter and better, but only if we solve our problems more than we bury ourselves in them.
No load is easier to carry than one made up of much wisdom. Leave the problems of the rest of the world behind, and only carry those problems that concern you and that you can do something about. Let the rest of the world fall if it has to. Only Europe matters to us, and Europe survives through you and me. HailaR WôðanaR!
“All those who carry wreaths are not virgins.”(European proverb)
NB! This is a moderated version of a post with the same name, from April 2013.
