There is so much truth in the words from the song “Turn Off the News” by Lukas Nelson…
“Turn off the news and build a garden
Just my neighborhood and me
We might feel a bit less hardened
We might feel a bit more free
Turn off the news and raise the kids
Give them something to believe in
Teach them how to be good people
Give them hope that they can see”
How many of the things you do or say are filtered through conditions and beliefs created through deception from outside sources?
How manipulated is your reality?
Information is often filtered or worded in ways to make you believe a reality that does not exist. A reality that is designed to keep you prisoner to fear, to guilt, to shame, to hurt…
Words are powerful. They are tools that can be wielded as weapons and not just weapons in the way we’ve been taught. Not just for emotional gain or control, but for control much bigger than one person over another.
For generations we’ve been slowly conditioned to feel the burden of the world through the news -the world as they want us to see it… when reality is MUCH different if we’d simply tune out the outside sources, if we’d have a conversation with our neighbor, if we’d put our phone down and look at other people and smile.
Good things are happening all around us constantly, but we don’t have the eyes to see. We are consistently told the bad and feel the weariness and weight of this world. We feel the heavy, the hurt, and believe in the division of humanity. We begin to believe sectors of people are our enemy because of what they do or don’t do, what they say or don’t say, what they believe or don’t believe, how they live or don’t live… because we are TOLD to think this way. The division is everywhere and is being sold to the masses on a massive scale.
Friends, we’ve been given free will and a sound mind ~ but we cannot have a sound mind if we are abusing our body and brain daily. This includes abusing our emotions, what we say to ourselves, who we hang out with, what we read, what we watch, who we listen to.
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
Don’t be influenced by fear~ it is not of this world. Instead embrace power, love, and sound mind. Figure out what you need to do to take care of yourself and your family. Think clearly and make the best decision you can in those defining moments…
Because they are coming!