“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Akeelah from Akeelah and the Bee, Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address, originally from Marianne Williamson from “A Return to Love”.
Month: April 2006
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I’ve been thinking about this for years now, but when Oprah recently talked about celebrity obsession, it inspired me to write this post. It’s interesting and scary how obsessed our society is with celebrities. So obsessed that a lot of people are living outside of their means so that they can emulate the grand lifestyle. We constantly want the newest [and usually expensive] EVERYTHING! Materialism is out of control. Just as an example, I remember when I was younger and only rich grownups carried Coach bags . . . now I see so many very young girls carrying them around.
And what’s up with the hundreds of new magazines popping up that have almost all the same content . . . about Hollywood, about sex, and the new ‘must-haves’.
Some of you might already know, but the coined term ‘reality tv’ is false – it’s not reality. It might be entertaining, but it’s rigged, scripted, and edited to what the producers want.
What’s my point? The media sure is doing an awesome job of helping us become unsatisfied with ourselves and our possessions . . . which in turn makes us more self-absorbed . . . which in turn brings less attention to things that really matter in life like giving, inner growth, true joy, etc.
I know I can’t change the media, but this world is in a lot of trouble if it keeps going further in the direction that it is. Whether we recognize it or not, media definitely has a massive influence on all of us. We need more of good movies, music videos, magazines, music, celebrity role models to saturate the world. More shows like good old Cosby Show where it’s clean yet highly entertaining.
There’s a motto out there that says ‘sex sells’. Don’t buy into it - if you know something contains immoral sex or anything not edifying for that matter, don’t watch it and don’t listen to it – don’t give them the ratings otherwise we’re helping them come up with more. Let’s stop polluting our mind and spirit. If you care, lift up a prayer for our media.
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