Feeling Better

Watching tv is a bit of a gamble at the moment.  Especially right now I guess with Melbourne Cup day tomorrow.  That sort of thing is not what I am thinking of.
So often Merril and I will be watching a show on tv.  It may be a renovation show or nature thing.  Right in the middle of it is an ad for some other station that might be horror.  If we had been interested in that, we would have been watching it.  The fact we are where we are is because we did not want to watch that sort of thing.  Yet it is thrust on us.
One thing has been really noticeable to me recently and that is how negative and shocking most of the new series are.
It is not like I am a “bury my head in the sand” person and pretend something does not exist, but I choose to avoid some things.  If I wanted to take a deep dive into it, there are plenty of places I could go.
But what I want is to think about things that inspire and lift up and show the best in people.  Certain things I may know about or have experienced, but my aim is to assist out of, not to participate.
It is amazing but I found that so much that entraps or pulls down appears attractive initially.  I enter things like “I’ve got this.”  But I soon find “it’s got me” instead.  I do not want to go there.  Once bitten twice shy I guess.
I want to promote the best self in myself and others.  I will not enable entrapment but attempt to enable freedom for anyone who chooses such a thing.  I am a great believer in choice.  I will not attempt to force my will on another but will, if given opportunity, tell of what I have found to be the case, or tell of what another has found to be the case.
I guess for me it all comes back to choice.  I will choose what builds up every time and assist anyone who pursues the same.