Ponder this:
Our central nervous system
A mass of impulses and messages
Flowing constantly
Processing information at warp speed
Connected to the eyes
Can be effected by environment
Media bombards us
With negative images
Evoking an imbalance
In the ratio of our sense preceptors
By overloading us
With negative information
The media changes the ratio
Of our sense preceptors
When sense ratios change
People change
Bombarded by negative information
We become more negative
As individuals, as a society, as a nation
But remember
When sense ratios change
People change
What might happen if
We turned off the media
And took for ourselves
A few minutes
During our waking hour and
Prior to sleep
To gaze at images which inspire us
And listen to music that moves us
And think on things pure and lovely
And fill our central nervous system
With positive information
That we dream on and awaken to
If we did this for a day, week, longer
What might happen to us
As individuals, a society, a nation?
E.A. Fussell
12/24/2018
E. A. Fussell 