DAY.EIGHTY-FOUR> News: the same yesterday and today but forever?

The first half of this post is just plain sad, but don't worry there is a point.

The news is a big turn off. When people said all you see are murder, accidents, and depressing stories, I thought they were exaggerating. Until I started watching the news while running on a treadmill trying to keep my mind off of how boring running is. I was depressed! I had to turn away, it literally was one bad story after another and then the weather man comes on. Surely, he would lighten up the mood a little bit, right? Wrong! He told me it was going to be freezing all week with a chance of snow at some point. Ridiculous! How was it possible that everything seemed to be going wrong and nothing seemed to be going right? How was it that all we shown was the bad, the negative, the convicts? Were these things that interested us? Perhaps not, but these stories always got the most attention because it brought to light the wrong, the suffering, the shame of other people and also showed how twisted this world had become. And I started thinking...

What if this is how WE projected OUR lives to other people? What if our lives were one big news show? What would we be showing? What is it that we would be talking about? Would we be talking about how many things are good in our life or how many things are bad? I think we secretly know the answer deep down inside because it is innate in us to complain, to not be content with the things that are actually GOOD in our lives. You know, the fact that we're alive and healthy and have enough money to feed and clothe ourselves and even have a place to stay at night? WHAT IS THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO THE PEOPLE WE SEE EVERYDAY? Do they even need a remote to get their fix of sadness? ARE WE dancing in the rain? Or are we just mad at the fact that it is raining? Here is some proof that there IS some good going on in the world.

A few news headlines taken from CNN.com:
1. "Grammy winner Alicia Keys helps build clinics and provide medicine for families dealing with AIDS in Africa."
2. "Sarah Palin's TV deal a political sign?" (oh boy..)
3. "McGwire admits steroid use"

well this is umm... moving on.....