To Fear the News

Do you want to know the latest thing to have happened?

When all that is reported is horrible incidents.

Death, doom and despair.

These are the things that sell newspapers.

The few remaining that still exist.

News streams are polarized politically

and when good things do happen

they are overshadowed by the atrocities.

Will I discover good news when I click the site?

To not know is not bliss, only ignorance.

Teachers of Life

We are all underpaid.

Some have the title but no recompense.

Sometimes the only thing that can be done

is watch as they make a mess.

Hopefully they will learn one of life`s great lessons.

Otherwise you might end up steering them a little longer.

No matter what though

They will learn somehow

and you will to.

So thank your teachers.

all of them!

Life would not be the same without them.

Under Lying Fear

As opposed to overwhelming

where in you only get a sense of dread,

of unease in everything you do.

No one looks you in the eye anymore

and you are sure something is up.

All denied of course.

Paranoia sets in.

You are doomed either way.

Start looking for a way out

or you will no longer stay sane!

Courage

Standing up to the bully.

Reporting the abusive coworker.

Leaving behind the spouse who hurts you.

It is not about getting into fights and trying to win.

It is about realizing your potential

and not letting anyone else define you.

Progress

Can be so hard to see in a positive light.

Society deems it inevitable.

Yet there are many times

when the progress of time seems to have stopped

or reversed.

It is most notable in the children.

For good or ill

when they stop doing a behaviour

you start wondering if you will ever see

the good old days before such progress came along.