It has been so good to hear all the Olympics stories and hear about athletes overcoming the odds to win a medal or achieve a personal best. The papers are normally full of negative stories but with the Olympics on there have been a few more good ones.
The papers print what people want to read...so we must want all the negative stories? Do we people love to see when things go wrong? Is there some part of us that doesn't want to hear about other people doing well, succeeding?
In the Bible we are reminded to think about good things as these will bring us life:
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things" (Philippians 4:8)
What would the world look like if there was a balance in the papers between the positive and negative. If we heard more about people who overcome difficult situations, about people who have cared for others. Would the country, our outlook start to be more positive if what we were thinking about was more positive?
The news readers were saying last night that there has been a buzz around London and the country that people are talking more to each other because people are enjoying something positive together and it has taken our minds off the economy and difficulty with redundancies.
Maybe the Olympics has reminded us that thinking more about people doing well and succeeding is good for our moral, keeps our perspective positive and gives hope.
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