Time To Stop Being Jerked Around!
It's time to stop being jerked around! Subjecting ourselves to the daily "news" about the U.S.-Israel-Iran war has become the Big Jerk this past week. While we don't want to be oblivious to what's going on "out there," we have many times urged at the very least some modification in your daily news-information intake. Our logic here is simple. Most of it is ginned up verbiage - whether in print or in some auditory medium - intended to suck us in and keep us on tenterhooks. "Fake news" doesn't really capture the full reality. It's a manipulation of our thoughts and emotions that benefits some, and we're not one of the some. This past week, the jerking around centered on the war. Ideally, those of us who have struggled to develop some discipline in our intake of the "news" have succeeded in not being jerked around. But if that's not you, then it's time to subject yourself to some sort of disciplined interaction with ...