Expedition Nomadic Adventures

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon

I went online today to do some research. I figured mainstream news feeds might have the data I sought. What an ugly mistake. For readers unaware, I don’t watch television/cable, nor do I read newspapers or magazines. And my online experience today reaffirmed why I do not.

I quickly scanned several well-known sources and 37 out of 39 articles (yes, I counted) featured stories about doom and gloom. The ‘hit parade’ included headlines screaming about:

• Ebola
• terrorism
• climate change
• social injustices
• illegal immigration
• police brutality
• political propaganda
• economic demise
• inadequate militaries
• religious superiority
• murders, deaths, out of control crime
• extremists everything

Not a single positive, feel good or constructive story. Just fear and demise.

Bewildered, I asked myself, “Is this really what we have let ourselves become?” “Have we given in…