Larry Kilham Blog |
Complexity has smothered the thoughtful life
and dreams slip silently away. Truth appears briefly like a mouse scuttling in the night. Why bother to discern wrong from right? Now I know why the mouse runs free. In the open air, truth is there to see like the resplendent flower or the singing bird and we may start anew without complexity. (c) 2019 Larry Kilham Haven't we all had the uncomfortable feeling that we have been trapped by fake news? Here are two ways to help you break away.
With every questionable news revelation, shut off your mind's news mode. Take a walk, read a chapter from a novel, play a game, or talk with someone about a non-news subject. With your mind reset, ask yourself, "Is this a real news or do I need to learn more?" A good starting point in qualifying the news item and learning more is to check if the same news is reported by trusted news sources. Make a headline summarizing the fake news story and Google search it. See if there is confirmation of the alleged news. You need to encourage free will, not subjugated will, in your thinking. |