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8/21/2013

 
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My view on the news today is full of gloom. Three items prove my point.

1)      Highly radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank into the ground at Japan's Fukushima plant two years after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. More on the story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23776345

2)      About 50 firefighters have worked overnight tackling a huge fire at a UK, Greater Manchester recycling plant.  Workers were on site when it started, they had just gone for a break. When the fire service arrived they met a rapidly developing fire. The fire built up quickly in stacks of recycled waste about 5m high, and raged through the whole site.

3)      In the Syrian conflict, activists claim chemical weapons attacks have killed dozens on the outskirts of Damascus. Both the rebels and government forces have accused each other of using chemical weapons during the conflict. It is not clear whether the inspectors will look into the latest allegations.


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Although I searched through many stories, I couldn't find anything to lift my spirit.

Should we allow what goes on in the rest of the world to affect our outlook?

In my small area of reality, life goes on. My husband and I live a simple life, struggling to pay our debts while we support each other. With my walking disability, I'm lucky to have a loving partner to help with the running of the home. So many people live alone. Another family is in the process of moving into a tiny upstairs flat in our block of four. After the death of the previous aged tenant, the living space has been taken over as emergency housing and a husband, wife and teenage son will live there. About seven people helped with shifting the furniture.


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What's really troubling me today, is a feeling of despair. I try so hard to achieve the best I can. I eat good food in moderation, look after my health, and write good stories. I love writing. It's my passion. You could say I live to write. But, the way things are going, I'll be dead long before anyone appreciates my novels and reads the message of eternal optimism. You wouldn't believe it from the content you're reading, but I was born with a positive outlook.

I guess it's best to concentrate on what we see around us every day. It's amazing how much diversity each person experiences in the same world.


Karen Richards link
8/20/2013 09:49:00 pm

About a year ago I stopped watching the news and reading the newspaper. I'd decided that I was focusing too much on the tragedies of our world. I stuck to it for a while but felt uninformed so I've slowly allowed myself a little news time. I try to limit it to the top stories and not dwell in the constant barrage of murders and inhumanity. And I always look for a good story that brightens my day.

Francene Stanley link
8/21/2013 03:07:44 am

That's a good idea. It seems news stories feed off bad things that happen. I guess they sell.

Sonja Ceri link
8/20/2013 10:14:16 pm

I feel with you. That's why I have thrown out my TV a couple of months ago and set myself on a new diet. Only happy new are allowed to come through. basta!

Francene Stanley link
8/21/2013 03:08:37 am

Trouble is--I look up stories on the net to give me blogging ideas.

Sophie Bowns link
8/20/2013 11:12:11 pm

I hate watching doom and gloom news! Surely there must be something positive in the press which isn't something thick-le about celebrities (hence why I don't buy magazines) or a story that it utterly miserable!

Francene Stanley link
8/21/2013 03:09:50 am

I'm not remotely interested in celebrities. But I do care about what's happening on the Earth.

Rick bylina link
8/21/2013 07:22:22 am

Your words (like mine) are our legacy. They will outlive us, and who knows when the impact or importance of what we write will be recognized. We just have to keep on keeping on. Writing, on some level, is only justified by our inner desires to share. As far as all the bad news in the world, it has always been there. It is just now, we have the capability of viewing it 24/7, and psychologically, that is not healthy (not opinion--medical fact). Suggestion: limit the viewing of the world news to 30 minutes a day, bookmark sites that display positive stories, enjoy what you have around you, cuddle more, watch U-tube videos of babies, figure out how many cranks of a pencil sharper it takes before a pencil rendered useless, can you write a story without the letter "R?" Some French nutbag writer wrote a novel without the letter "e." Distill a great story to 100 words; then 50; then six. Reach out and touch someone who you haven't spoken to in 50 years. Paint your toenails florescent green, and then go to town at night wearing sandles. Party on, Garth! Party on.

Francene Stanley link
8/21/2013 06:12:52 pm

Rick. Your advice is always so inspiring. I've got plenty to do and I can't wait to get back to novel writing after publishing my daily blog. I'll take your advice and talk about something else tomorrow--music.


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    Born in Australia, I moved to Britain half way through my long life.

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