For reasons numbering, I'm sure, in the thousands, society has grown to become extremely negative, depressed and self-defeating. People feed on drama as if it were a needle of heroin waiting to be injected into the arm. Television is used, primarily, to exacerbate people's anger, sadness and fear. Schools tell you that you are worthless without respect from your peers (by way of very strong subliminal messages). And there is always some new existence-ending date that arises on our calendar. Our fight or flight responses cannot tell the difference anymore between real danger and mental manipulation. The irony is real danger is so rare in developed nations one must turn on the television just to get a taste.

But, when we sit back, relax and observe; when we let go, cease the need for constant and total control, our minds make a switch. The primal drive for drama stops and the world changes before your eyes. The chaos of the world becomes a molecular dance, much like the inner workings of a body.

As often as you can, that is any chance possible, take a step back, breathe and observe your world without judgment "Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?" -- Chuck Noland, Cast Away