Be Optimistic
Be Optimistic
Junious Ricardo Stanton
There
is so much negativity in the world these days. The news is depressing, so much
violence, despair, craziness, and pessimism, it can weigh on you, bring you
down and make you depressed. The good news and the truth are, we always have a
choice, we always have options even in the bleakest of times and direst of circumstances;
we can choose to be positive, optimistic, enthusiastic hopeful and progressive. The alternative is succumbing to the morass,
becoming lethargic, hopeless, helpless and somnambulant. I recommend we choose
the former and reject the latter, it’s healthier for us!
Back
in the 1990’s the Sounds of Blackness recorded a popular song entitled Be
Optimistic, the lyrics in the first verse and chorus went like this:
When in the midst of sorrow
You can't see up when looking down
A brighter day tomorrow will bring
You hear the voice of reason
Telling you this can never be done
No matter how hard reality seems
Just hold on to your dreams, yeah
Don't give up and don't
give in
Although it seems you never win
You will always pass the test
As long as you keep your
head to the sky
You can win asl long as
you keep your head to the sky
You can win as long as you
keep your head to the sky
Be optimistic.
In the 2000’s I hosted an Internet radio program on two
Internet radio stations called Message in the Music, I played artists
who had a distinct positive social message, promoted higher consciousness, love,
peace and activism artists like: Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie
Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Gil Scott Heron, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Public
Enemy, Paris; artists who challenged the status quo and offered a brighter
vision of life and the future.
Over the
course of the several years I did the show I played a lot of Philadelphia
International artists and songs. Gamble and Huff had a way of making positive
songs and lyrics. I say this to say if our media diet included more positive
and socially conscious songs, lyrics and images I know our lives would be
fuller, more upbeat, positive, enthusiastic and healthy.
There are so many streams and forms of media available to
us these days. I suggest we be more discerning, discriminating and selective
about the types of media we consume and expose ourselves and our families to!
Media is everywhere, it’s ubiquitous and omnipresent. It’s on our gizmos and
gadgets and all too often we are not even aware how this negative media content
is impacting us, our thoughts, outlooks, perspectives, worldviews and behavior.
The
powers who shouldn’t be know this and they use this to enhance their bottom
lines and to further a nefarious agenda designed to create our reality,
influence our behaviors, buying and behavior. It’s subliminal mind control.
We are
not automatons, or Zombies despite the powers who shouldn’t be best efforts and
attempts to disempower us. We are immensely powerful beings. We have agency we
can choose to take back our minds and our lives. We don’t have to go out like
that. We can control what we think about, we can choose to be hopeful,
optimistic, powerful self-actualized, self-assured beings. Let’s give
confidence and positivity a try. Be optimistic.
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posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton @ 8:31 AM
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