Enlighten

 When something is free it gets grabbed quickly and by many. We all like free stuff. The food samples at Costco. The SWAG at trade shows. The product samples that get thrown in with packages or groceries. We pay for almost everything, so freebies are delightful.

There are some things that we could get for free, but many of us don’t bother with. Knowledge is one of those things. We are living in an age where there is so much knowledge at our fingertips, yet we only take advantage of a small part of it. 

This might just be my observation, but it seems like being entertained has become more important than knowledge. All the crappy “reality” shows are proof of that. Rather than grow our knowledge, we invest our time in watching a bunch of bratty sisters who have no skills other than selfies and acting like morons. 

Rather than read an article that may enlighten us, we focus on how many of the same color circles we can punch and get points (or whatever game is the trend). 

There are times when we need a break from reality, so those things are not always bad in small amounts.  The news junkie (which can be me sometimes) can be just as bad and very grumpy. There is so much opportunity to learn new things. Grow our knowledge, grow wisdom. I would venture to say you could self-teach yourself to do almost anything, yet we choose to dumb it down. 

While humanity seems to get technologically smarter, humans seem to be getting dumber. We’ve lost our focus on learning thanks to the ease of entertainment like Tik Tok. Add in the desire for fame and we’ve got what we have today. Corrupt “leadership” who are smart enough to mislead  the mis-focused and under informed people. 

There has never been a better time to be the best version of you than now. Read more articles (From different sources - not just one view). Get Flipboard so you can easily find articles you like. Reconnect with your faith and strengthen your spirituality. Download the Bible app and just bring some positive, moral direction into your life once a day. Exercise to keep your body strong. Have conversations that don’t include talking about some trashy love connection show. 

It’s a great time to find enlightenment…but the distractions are there too. Interesting how that works right? Like some kind of evil is working against it……