Media Space
Isn’t it amazing how we are all influenced by the happenings that are flighted on Television and in the newspapers and magazines?
Very few of them are ever happy stories, instead they are all about the cruelty of the human species. Murder, rape, theft, and all manners of unspeakable acts. Yet we rush out and avidly purchase and peruse the misfortune of others. Why do we do this? Have good deeds and happy stories become boring? Are our own lives so mediocre that we actually get a buzz out of other peoples heartbreak?
It is no wonder that there is so much depression, so many people turning to drugs or drink, just trying to hide from all this daily bombardment of human misery. It seems that there is no end to it and without any uplifting stories or news, people are just sinking deeper into a no-hope situation.
There are so many happy and amazing stories out there, but you need to look for it among the tiny little articles somewhere in the middle pages, never on page one. The stories of people who have very little themselves yet still find money to feed a few more hungry mouths. The NGO’s and their neverending efforts to uplift communities. The one man bands fighting for the rights of people with HIV/AIDS, or the blind, or mentally unstable or many other equally important issues.
The youth of today desperately need a hero or hero’s, someone that can uplift them, show them hope, teach them to laugh, to protect them and cherish them. To give them something to build dreams on, something to make themselves feel proud, something to make them walk tall, something to make them look forward to tomorrow, something to make them build a better future.
The media is not talking to our youth!