So, we've all seen the photo of the call girl on the yacht. We can all probably recite her various names and what she did prior to her meetings with the governor. Hell, we will soon know what happened at each of those meetings.
Quick - who invented the artificial heart?
We were introduced to the whole cast of characters surrounding Anna Nicole Smith. We all know who fathered her child, even though there was a long list of names. We know her lawyer, and her poor daughter. We know how and why her son died tragically.
Quick - who wrote The Great Gatsby.
We all have followed Britney in and out of rehab centers. We've seen her crotch shot a half a dozen times. We love the footage of her kissing Madonna (I do anyway) and we can't wait to see her on the sitcom.
Quick - name the doctor who saved the life of Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett. Or name the doctor who saved the life of hockey player Richard Zednik. Or name even one firefighter from September 11th. Or name the poor man who was on the flight over Pennsylvania who said - "Let's Roll."
We simply are drawn to the sordid, miserable details of lives gone bad. We love sensationalism and poor journalism. We shrug off the positive stories of good news.
Why is that? Can someone please explain why we are quick to downplay the truly heroic, and elevate the scum of the earth?
I suppose that it is a lot like watching a car crash. I imagine that the mundane routine of a typical life is somehow enhanced by the bad behavior of others.
Somewhere, somehow, we need to figure out that the people we should be following are those who aspire to do great things. It'll probably never happen, right?
Today's advice concerns the eye and what you are drawn to. It comes courtesy of Matthew 6:22-23. "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness."
I'm going to think of that the next time I see the call girl on the yacht in that wonderful two-piece, white bikini. I don't need her in my mind's eye.
Quick - who invented the artificial heart?
We were introduced to the whole cast of characters surrounding Anna Nicole Smith. We all know who fathered her child, even though there was a long list of names. We know her lawyer, and her poor daughter. We know how and why her son died tragically.
Quick - who wrote The Great Gatsby.
We all have followed Britney in and out of rehab centers. We've seen her crotch shot a half a dozen times. We love the footage of her kissing Madonna (I do anyway) and we can't wait to see her on the sitcom.
Quick - name the doctor who saved the life of Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett. Or name the doctor who saved the life of hockey player Richard Zednik. Or name even one firefighter from September 11th. Or name the poor man who was on the flight over Pennsylvania who said - "Let's Roll."
We simply are drawn to the sordid, miserable details of lives gone bad. We love sensationalism and poor journalism. We shrug off the positive stories of good news.
Why is that? Can someone please explain why we are quick to downplay the truly heroic, and elevate the scum of the earth?
I suppose that it is a lot like watching a car crash. I imagine that the mundane routine of a typical life is somehow enhanced by the bad behavior of others.
Somewhere, somehow, we need to figure out that the people we should be following are those who aspire to do great things. It'll probably never happen, right?
Today's advice concerns the eye and what you are drawn to. It comes courtesy of Matthew 6:22-23. "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness."
I'm going to think of that the next time I see the call girl on the yacht in that wonderful two-piece, white bikini. I don't need her in my mind's eye.
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