| Every day we watch the news on television or | | | | turned the telly on at that moment you wouldn't |
| read a newspaper. Sometimes we leave the radio | | | | have known about it. But the fact is that the |
| on so that we have a bit of company and know | | | | world has always been the same and nothing has |
| what is going on in the world. But the tendency | | | | changed. There will always be evil, there will |
| for these programmes is to tell us all the bad | | | | always be accidents, and there will always be |
| news and none of the good. Occasionally they | | | | politicians wondering what to do with the ailing |
| might throw in a good news story for good | | | | economy. There´s no point worrying about any |
| measure, but the most important thing for the | | | | of it. By all means stay informed, but also try and |
| media is to attract viewers, readers, listeners, and | | | | stay detached. Concentrate on your immediate |
| sad to say, bad news attracts an audience more | | | | environment and if you feel safe there you have |
| than good. | | | | nothing to worry about. |
| So it is easy to begin to feel down whenever we | | | | It is important, especially when you get to a |
| hear that the financial problems of the economy | | | | certain age, to keep your peace. By concentrating |
| have not gone away, that unemployment is up, | | | | on all the good things going on around you and |
| that there are spending cuts on the way, and | | | | ignoring the bad, you will feel much better in |
| that war is brewing in some far off land. Or | | | | yourself and be more optimistic about the future. |
| perhaps there has been a natural disaster | | | | There is no sense in worrying about things you |
| somewhere and people are in trouble, or a | | | | cannot change. On these occasions, when you |
| murder, or an air crash. Guaranteed at any given | | | | feel depressed by circumstances that you have |
| moment of the day something awful will be | | | | read about or seen on the news, read the Bible |
| happening somewhere, and the efficiency of our | | | | or say a prayer. "Love the Lord your God with all |
| news services today means that we will hear | | | | your heart and with all your soul and with all your |
| about it almost instantly. But if there is nothing we | | | | strength." As long as we stay true to the Lord, |
| can do to help, the important thing is not to let it | | | | nothing can harm us, nothing can damage our |
| get to us. | | | | good mood. |
| Bad news can spoil your day. If you hadn't have | | | | |