Do Not Look to TV or Magazines to Learn About Life…

You will be very confused.  First of all, we are not all that pretty.  We are certainly not all of that pretty all of the time.  Happy endings are for sometimes, not ALL of the time!    There is so much about life that is mundane and you will certainly never understand that from a TV show.  It is OKAY to be mundane, however if you believe in TV you will think that it is not okay to be mundane.  You will also believe that you must be beautiful and perfectly toned.  You will punish yourself for never being able to accomplish this mythical beauty.  So you will have earned yourself a healthy dose of unhappiness if you believe in TV.

Many movies are about justice and happiness.  The world is not a just place.  It takes humans to create justice.  If you watch movies you may think that justice will occur.  You will believe that if you go to court, some well meaning people will assure that no injustice will harm you.  Of course, this is not true.  In order to have justice, you must construct it.  Justice occurs only when we make it happen.

We can, and often do, live in very small places that we call our world.  I think that this is okay.  I also think that it is important to understand that our world is small in comparison to “the” world.  I think that we should have this knowledge as a base for our endeavors.  By acknowledging our limited scope, we will be less judgmental about ourselves (it is okay if you are not pretty and in perfect physical health), and we will be less judgmental about others (yes Europeans are more likely to eat protein for breakfast).

Being open, being flexible, these are choices that will serve us because we will be able to see beyond ourselves.  Intuitively, you would think that TV would help us with that…