The Glowy Boxes are casting evil spells on us!
August 24, 2020
Won’t be long today. Just an observation.
As we approach another season of elections, I have purposefully not engaged the debate at the State or Federal level. I pay attention to almost exclusively to local/regional news and international information in certain parts of the world. I stepped out of the forest, so to speak.
By not engaging daily, I am also avoiding being manipulated daily. The various information and marketing sources do a really good job of leading people to the outcomes that those paying for their services want.
So, that is the setup to the hopefully helpful part of my article.
People are being whipped into a divisive and often angry frenzy. Smart people aren’t so much anymore. They use words, but act as if they were on an elementary school playground enforcing no-trespassing on the slide.
Useful idiots are yelling, and trolling and taunting and spewing arguments (often just spewing) about things they have no real foundation of knowledge or experience. People… LOT’S of people are taking up positions in support of the position or maybe just to yell and be mad or have power?? Who knows? They certainly don’t.
I keep hearing echoes from people. They repeat things they read or see or hear without bothering to check to see if it is true. As long as it makes them feel good, they repeat.
It’s easy to fall into that trap. We all want to be liked, important, unique and a part of something. I can get famous and possibly have a revenue stream by posting a 15 second video of me falling into a pool.
I don’t want to be famous. God has already given me everything I need and quite a bit of what I want. I don’t need likes or approval. I don’t have to be a part of any group. Yes, truly, my level of not caring about a great number of things is staggering! And I am happy.
Maybe this article is more of a request. Just stop. Stop paying as much attention to the glowy box (TV, Device, computer, phone, etc…) I bet you are being manipulated. I also bet that you will be happier and have more free time to spend doing happier things that have far more meaning.
Love Y’all!
— R. A. Grier