I often wonder to myself what the difference would be throughout the world (even more so this particular country) if the media and their respective channels of the distribution of information played more to the positive than to the negative perspective of things. I'm not suggesting that we completely negate or do away with being in the know or aware of the negative ramifications of issues that may be imperative to our focus, or require our immediate attention, however, I feel like as a result of our tendency to play up the negative aspects before taking a look at the more positive (or perhaps, in some cases, the more natural), it gives way to the manifestation of this perspective in not only our various avenues of media, but also our lives. It makes us accept that it's ok to externalize blame and responsibility for something, or in some cases, internalize it, but not so much in productive or constructive way of influence, rather something potentially detrimental to our self-respect, image, and understanding of our world, and that of others.
Nonetheless, it's ubiquitous. In hindsight, it's fair to ponder the legitimacy of it in that we often are displacing facts and evidence of many stories and issues, and fabricating them with such a vague veneer of a basis for reference or understanding, one would even wonder why we bother to play up any side of it at all.
With that in mind, the pervasiveness of negative persuasion must stop. This kind of energy and perspective often finds a place in our own lives through a justification that comes out of the fact that we're used to it. We're exposed to it daily, hourly, and so on, telling us how to look as opposed to how we do look or want to look, how to live or believe as opposed to how we do or want to. It's all around us, consuming our identity, and leading us to look at life as if it's rearing its ugly head at us because of who we are, or the style we choose (whether that's through dress, life, ideals, belief and conviction, or other).
I challenge you. I challenge you to discover any negative attributes that your (our) surroundings have embedded or branded into you that may make you feel ever-so-inclined to defer to the negative perspective of who you are, the way you are, the way you believe or choose to see the world and your life's impact. Place it, understand it, and create the awareness...through studious studying and knowledgeable acknowledgment, we certainly can begin to make progress into living a life full of the wellness and Greatness we already are, that is already here and happening, livened, and life!
Greatness Abound, and I wonder how many of you will do this. I wonder...
What do you wonder...?
-Stefan