Turn Off the News and You’ll Discover The World Is Full of Lovely People

Hello everybody!

Just a quick post to suggest you turn off the news this summer and spend more time with people in real life.

Seriously, that one simple thing could change your perspective more than any other thing (outside of praying!) that you could do.

What is news really, but focusing on all the “bad” that is going on out there. They should really just call it “Bad News” and be honest about it.

Whereas, if you spend time in the Good News of the Gospel and then go out into the world, you will discover that most people are really very good — at least, they are trying to be so — and there are so many simple moments of beauty that come when we get outside of our own little minds and engage with the people around us.

So, consider a “news fast” and reaching out to people you haven’t seen in a while and just sitting down for a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, a glass of Prosecco, or whatever it is that will make those moments happen!

I think you will discover that the world is full of lovely people — heck, your own home is full of lovely people! — and if you just took the time to slow down and be with people, you would find many of your fears and worries would dissipate!

The truth is, we need each other! The truth is we were not created to live solitary lives staring at screens — so get out there and live that life of abundance God has called you to.

Just be prepared for real life being way less “perfect” than screen life — and we need to train ourselves to step back and see the beauty of it all.

Life can be very messy and people get sick and fights happen, and God wants to bring something beautiful out of all of that, too, and He will bring something beautiful out of it, if you offer it all to Him and let Him work!

So let us all pray that God opens our eyes to the beauty of this messy life — and let’s resolve to let go of the bad news and turn our gaze to the beauty that has been surrounding us, all along!