I never watched the news, but I think I am going to start… and as silly as it sounds, I am emotionally ready to start watching the news.
My parents don’t watch the news. My mom reads the paper and I think my dad does but often he’s fairly ignorant about the world. I just followed suit.
Back in 2005, I saw something on TV about bombs in the London metro, and I decided that I don’t want to know about these things. People suck, sometimes.
In my field of paper flowers...
Image credits: Scarlet Lillies.
Now I think I’m ready. As in emotionally ready to watch the news, to see stories about people being killed or hurt and about people killing or hurting.
I realize that there are some things I can’t change. Maybe there are some things I can change. What I need right now is the wisdom to tell the difference.
So, it’s time to find out what is going on on this planet. Time to start watching the news!