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Date Posted: 07:32:50 12/06/99 Mon
Author: GF
Subject: Diamonds in the Gravel
In reply to: Max 's message, "Re: The Pinko Media" on 14:49:22 12/05/99 Sun

> As far as the media goes... I always find it
> fascinating what stories they broadcast and the ones
> they just drop. There are some stories that as soon
> as they find out there was no drama involved (i.e. no
> terrorist plot)it remains unheard. I know someone
> that did their doctoral dissertation on what popular
> murder/mystery books can tell us about people in our
> country. I think a lot. Maybe more than the news can
> ever show.
> Max

Yes. In a sense, we are what we read. God help us.

I think the antidote is to try to read/think/view at least as much possitive stuff as negative. Pretty tough these days, but can be done, I believe. The thinking part is most important.

A man of the Blue named Robert Ringer called it Reality Therapy. The way it works is you program yourself to expect to have to dig through a whole lot of gravel to find the diamonds in life. You remind yourself constantly that the diamonds are there, which they are. But you don't expect to find them lying around shimmering in the sunlight.

If they were lying around in small piles everywhere, they wouldn't be much more valuable than the gravel, I'd guess. GF

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