Turning off TV

Even if the TV keeps showing terror

Even if the TV keeps showing war

Even if the TV keeps focusing on all negativity in the world

We cannot let ourselves be consumed by what we see on TV

What we see on TV affects 0.1% of the world population or often less. 

While we feel compassion for that part of the world population,

TV will almost never show the millions of heart warming events

The billions of kind acts, the thousands of selfless sacrifices

made by billions of people.

So it is OK to feel compassion for people in the horrific images on TV

But let it not consume our own peace of mind

because there are literally billions of reasons to rejoice

for all people in the world who help, for all people who are helped

because there is so much good in the world, never shown on TV

Because there is so much beauty, so much love, so much creativity 

and yes, so much peace all over the world, that we have at any time

more reason to rejoice for our fellow human beings than to feel sorry. 

 

What can we do for peace?

Increasing the hatred in the world towards the attackers does not help.

We can make the peace within our family, within our neighborhood,

within our workspace, something all important for everyone. 

We can stop talking bad things, we do more random kind acts, 

always be ready with a helping hand. Peace will increase in the world

If we reach a critical number of people who practice peace, there will be no more place for wars.  

Try to share some good news today. 

TV is showing already far too much of the bad news. 

Journalists tend to proudly wear tiaras of tears.

It may be good if we stop being so interested in the tears,

in seeing all the calamities  of others.

It is our almost pathological keenness to see all ('sensational') suffering in the world

that gets TV to focus on that alone (not rarely presenting exaggerated truths)

Let us get more interested in the joy of kindness,

we will be able to cut out TV. 

Once less people look at all atrocities,

TV will be forced to shift its focus