Doom And Gloom

The Rolling Stones just released their first new single in seven years.  It's called "Doom and Gloom" and it got me thinking about all the media promoting doom and gloom.

Iran is going to have a nuclear bomb and destroy Israel and the Western world.  Israel and the US won't let that happen so there will be a huge war that will lead to a world war because Russia, China, Syria and all radical terrorist groups support Iran.

Syria is going to drag Turkey into a war and the Arab nation will begin to fight each other which will disrupt the world's oil supply and lead to a world war.  Africa is in melt down and terrorists are going to control the nation.  To stop that from happening, the Western world will get into the fight which will lead to a big war.

Mexico is in a drug war and the drug lords will win and ship so many drugs to the world that everybody in America will become junkies.  The United States and the European nations are going to create a financial disaster and the world economy will fail and everyone will be poor.

Roe Vs Wade will be overturned and the states will make abortion illegal.  Women will be arrested and charged with murder.  Women will then rise up and overthrow the government.  The rich will get richer and the middle class in America will be gone.  Everyone will be either poor or rich (mostly poor) and the poor will rise up and overthrow the government.

Genetically engineered foods will give all of us health problems.  Fast foods are going to kill us and make healthcare not affordable for most Americans.  Everyone will become obese and die of heart disease and diabetes. If fast foods don't kill us global warming will.

Unless you've been locked up in a small room in your basement, you've been bombarded with TV and the press pushing these doom and gloom opinions down your throat.  So called "experts" talk about this bad stuff like they know something.  Radical TV hosts almost guarantee all this is going to happen.  Even nationally trusted publications write about worse case scenarios. 

The impact of all this doom and gloom has got to affect our mental well being.  The impact of all this doom and gloom is making many of us depressed.  The impact of all this doom and gloom is making many of us see the future as negative instead of positive. The impact of all this doom and gloom makes us angry, frustrated and scared. The impact of all this doom and gloom could lead to a self fulfilling prophecy (WAR). 

What are the facts here?  World war three is not going to happen.  We're not going to blow up the world.  We will not take away women's rights.  The middle class will always be here because they vote in the people that make policy.  Drugs will always be around, but the majority will not let them affect their productivity.  

Genetically engineered foods will not make us sick.  Obesity will become unpopular and only effect the few not the majority.  The health industry will raise costs even if we shut down every fast food outlet.  Pharmaceutical companies will eventually have a pill to fix all these problems because that's the way they make a shit load of money.

How do I know all this doom and gloom will not happen - just look at history.  We've lived through two world wars and came out stronger.  We lived through the great depression and came out stronger.  We lived through the drug days of the seventies and productivity increased.  We gave women the right to vote.  

Once fifty percent of the voters (women) were able to vote, women obtained more and more rights.  In the long run, the people in power will not be able to take away all they gave to women.  Women will eventually run this country.

Before all the current health rules came into place, most people's diet was terrible.  They didn't live as long as us, but they did live and prosper.  We've been eating genetically engineered foods for over twenty years and we didn't die.  Global warming is really bad, but it's not going to affect our lives.  I assume the generations after us will figure out a way to fix it.

Sooo, STOP worrying about all this gloom and doom.  If possible STOP reading, watching and listening to all this doom and gloom.  Create a happy life for yourself and live it to the fullest.  Believe the future is full of positive energy and everything will work out for the better. However, just in case the media is right:

Focus all your energy on today.  Today is the day to find all the happiness you deserve.  Don't let doom and gloom control your life.