being well, part deaux (garbage in = trashy attitude)

so are you having trouble seeing things in a positive light? Do you wonder how everyone around you seems to be in a good mood, but you are just in a perpetual funk?

(disclaimer: besides 47 years of living and 25 years of marriage and 20 years of child-rearing, I have NO education in the art or science of psychology!)

but you gotta agree we are overmedicating, right? I mean, I wouldn't expect most in the medical community to agree :-) , but certainly we know that we have bought into the myth that there is a pill for every hurt, real or imagined...

here's a flyer: is it possible we could overcome many of our illnesses by relying on God instead of relying on medicine?

Yeah, I know, God gave us minds to create and help and it is truly astonishing how 'far' medical science has progressed! no doubt...

I'm just wondering... especially with regard to a lot of the more popular designer meds we take today...

why are we 'sicker' today than we used to be?

could it be environmental? I believe it is!

so, what is it that makes people depressed? what is it that keeps you from sleeping? what is it that makes you so frightened of tight spaces that you are considered to suffer from 'anxiety disorder'?

is it a possibility that we are 'filling ourselves' with garbage?

are you worried? do you stress about the future? do you lose sleep over the stock market or swine flu?

maybe we could consider exactly what we are 'filling our brains' with....

what is your 'brain diet'? what do you watch and read and listen to? are you an information junkie?

here's some hints:

• if you watch CNN or FoxNews (or any other news show) all the time, it is likely you will buy into the hysteria and be miserable.
• if you listen to a steady diet of talk radio, you are guaranteeing a particular type of dire outlook...
• if you surf MSNBC or CBSNEWS or the Drudge report online (or any other news site), I promise you will worry
• are you into pornography? listen, there is NO GOOD which can result from that
• do you fill your head with YouTube videos?
• do you know every statistic of every player on your favorite sports team?
• are you forever checking the weather forecast? ask yourself this: why?
• do you read about plane crashes and other natural disasters (especially when you are about to take a trip on an airplane?)

finally, are you rationalizing right now about how you NEED to stay informed? yeah right... whatever.

two problems will visit you if the list above describes you, and neither problem is small:

1. your brain will be filled up with crap, and you will be anxious all the time
2. your brain will have NO ROOM for good things (Phil 4:8)

by the way...the reason I know so much about the subject is this: that list above used to be a perfect descpription of ME! (and I shortened the list for time's sake) I am a recovering information junkie!

so let me encourage us all to jealously guard the space between our ears... take great care with what you allow to enter your mind.

you will be happier and more at peace, I promise! and who knows, you may save some money on Doctors and drugs...

Blessings