Year of Change?

When I re-named my blog at the beginning of the year to "A Year of Change", I was looking forward and setting goals to change my life. I am only just beginning to see that change. A familiar quote comes to mind: "Be the change you want to see in the world". It is quite ambitious to think that one person can help to change the world, but as others see you try, and notice your light and dedication to your cause, they may decide that they can change it too.

I get so frustrated by John Meyer's song "waiting on the world to change" because the rising generation are the people who can actually help to make a difference! We have that power! It has become common in the public eye to have tv shows, movies, pictures, music and books which have inappropriate subject content, namely some type of pornography. The change I am proposing is to try to cut back, if not eliminate the explicit media you are exposed to. If you do not feel comfortable, if you do not feel uplifted by something you read, listen to, or watch, then chances are, it is not good for you.

Our Sunday school lesson and one person's testimony touched on this yesterday at church and it got me thinking. What kinds of media am I exposing myself to? What am I reading or watching and how is it affecting me? When I started to think about these things, there were a number of songs, movies/tv shows, and books that I know I should not be reading. We have been de-sensitized and it may feel like a type of sacrifice to cut these things back from our lives. I am sincerely going to try, because I believe it can help change me, and maybe help change someone else too with my example.

To some, this may seem like such a small act, but by removing these harmful influences in our lives, we can feel uplifted, enriched, and blessed by the more positive things we find to fill our time. Our spirits and minds will be more open to inspiration and the "stage of our mind" will be occupied with the things of the Lord and not the things of the world. I hope you can take this challenge with me, and if you are already trying or have mastered this in your own life, I congradulate you!

Until next time,
-J