TV and other things
About the TV/electronics article.....
The article that I posted mainly dealt with TV/other electronics as a form of distraction, but that is only a part of it, I think. There are SO many other things that we can distract ourselve with, too. For me personally, I would interpret the article along the same lines as Mike, but add that for me it has to do with being at peace with God and going about my life as I think that He is leading (I know that you use TV so that you don't think about everything so much, but this is what I escape from). I am definitely not perfect at this (I believe perfection is impossible and trying to achieve it was, for me, very stressful), but have been learning a lot lately how to dwell in his peace and slow my life down (but yet, ironically, I am probably busier now than I ever have been in my life). My escape from the pressures of life and from doing what I should be doing is mainly reading - books, magazines, email, newspaper, stuff on the web especially - anything and everything that gains me knowledge. I don't think that knowledge is inherently bad, but I read to escape and forget about the pressure I am under . There are probably other escape tactics I use, but that is the major one that I struggle with. Mike can attest to this :)
As far as a response to your comments, Jodi, I think that you and Mike hashed that out sufficiently so that I understand your thoughts behind it.....if you want more than that, though, let me know. I just wanted to give my two cents on what distractions mean to me. I would love to reply to your other post right now, but Allison has been awake for twenty minutes and, um, quite noisily protesting the fact that I am not rescuing her from the confines of her bed.....
The article that I posted mainly dealt with TV/other electronics as a form of distraction, but that is only a part of it, I think. There are SO many other things that we can distract ourselve with, too. For me personally, I would interpret the article along the same lines as Mike, but add that for me it has to do with being at peace with God and going about my life as I think that He is leading (I know that you use TV so that you don't think about everything so much, but this is what I escape from). I am definitely not perfect at this (I believe perfection is impossible and trying to achieve it was, for me, very stressful), but have been learning a lot lately how to dwell in his peace and slow my life down (but yet, ironically, I am probably busier now than I ever have been in my life). My escape from the pressures of life and from doing what I should be doing is mainly reading - books, magazines, email, newspaper, stuff on the web especially - anything and everything that gains me knowledge. I don't think that knowledge is inherently bad, but I read to escape and forget about the pressure I am under . There are probably other escape tactics I use, but that is the major one that I struggle with. Mike can attest to this :)
As far as a response to your comments, Jodi, I think that you and Mike hashed that out sufficiently so that I understand your thoughts behind it.....if you want more than that, though, let me know. I just wanted to give my two cents on what distractions mean to me. I would love to reply to your other post right now, but Allison has been awake for twenty minutes and, um, quite noisily protesting the fact that I am not rescuing her from the confines of her bed.....
posted by MSMAR @ 2:16 PM
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