News Journaling: A Journaling Exercise or Prompt
Every day, it's important to go to your favorite news site on the internet and read the news. In fact, it's important to do this a couple of times each day at least.
Why?
It's important to stay informed as to what's going on in the world, in current events. To not pay attention is wrong. The best citizens of this world are informed ones.
I won't lie. There are times the news is upsetting. Sure. But, that's life. Life has its highs and lows. We can't avoid the lows. If we do, we miss out on most of life. The lows are that which make us who we are. If we avoid them, then, we are a runner. We run from truth and life. So,we live shallow lives where all we want are the sunshine, happy times. How shallow is that?
Knowing the news impacts our lives. Yes. Not knowing it impacts our lives even more. We are going around with wishful, ostrich head in the sand viewpoints. We are missing truth. We are missing out on life.
The news reminds us how there is more to this life and world than me.
The news gives us perspective and more often than not, if we keep up with the news, we realize how blessed our lives really are, for we learn how others are living.
The news will make us want to give our time and resources to others, rather than hold on to them for ourselves.
The news let's us know the truth of this world. If we trust what others say, we are most likely learning lies.
Every day, we should journal about the news. We should write the three headlines in the U.S. news, and in the world news, in our journals and talk about how this impacts our lives. Most of the news stories will impact us individually. These impacts might get us to change our lives or actually contact our members of Congress, and so forth, or write letters to the editor.
The news impacts us. It talks about how our lives will, or could, change because of the ramifications of the news articles.
Also, the news impacts us and should be journaled about because the news is part of our lives. The news gives context to our lives and we need to keep it in mind in the years ago on come.
JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT: So, start today. Journal about the three headlines, at least, from your country and at least three headlines from the world that capture your attention and why.
I copy these six articles to my Springpad as well to help me keep them so I can read them again in the years to come and talk in my journal how the articles has changed me, my family, my city, my state, my nation, and the world.
Let me give you two examples of news stories that still impact my life today--and yours. Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and September 11th, 2001. Or, what about Columbine, Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon Bombings, when Ronald Reagan was shot, when the Challenger exploded, etc.? These are just a couple of examples. What about Normandy? What about the death of Saddam Hussein or Usama bin Laden? What about when Princess Diana was killed? Again, these are just a few more examples.
Journal every day about the news. It's important. If you don't think so, you are missing out on some of the most important journaling you can do.
Why?
It's important to stay informed as to what's going on in the world, in current events. To not pay attention is wrong. The best citizens of this world are informed ones.
I won't lie. There are times the news is upsetting. Sure. But, that's life. Life has its highs and lows. We can't avoid the lows. If we do, we miss out on most of life. The lows are that which make us who we are. If we avoid them, then, we are a runner. We run from truth and life. So,we live shallow lives where all we want are the sunshine, happy times. How shallow is that?
Knowing the news impacts our lives. Yes. Not knowing it impacts our lives even more. We are going around with wishful, ostrich head in the sand viewpoints. We are missing truth. We are missing out on life.
The news reminds us how there is more to this life and world than me.
The news gives us perspective and more often than not, if we keep up with the news, we realize how blessed our lives really are, for we learn how others are living.
The news will make us want to give our time and resources to others, rather than hold on to them for ourselves.
The news let's us know the truth of this world. If we trust what others say, we are most likely learning lies.
Every day, we should journal about the news. We should write the three headlines in the U.S. news, and in the world news, in our journals and talk about how this impacts our lives. Most of the news stories will impact us individually. These impacts might get us to change our lives or actually contact our members of Congress, and so forth, or write letters to the editor.
The news impacts us. It talks about how our lives will, or could, change because of the ramifications of the news articles.
Also, the news impacts us and should be journaled about because the news is part of our lives. The news gives context to our lives and we need to keep it in mind in the years ago on come.
JOURNALING EXERCISE OR PROMPT: So, start today. Journal about the three headlines, at least, from your country and at least three headlines from the world that capture your attention and why.
I copy these six articles to my Springpad as well to help me keep them so I can read them again in the years to come and talk in my journal how the articles has changed me, my family, my city, my state, my nation, and the world.
Let me give you two examples of news stories that still impact my life today--and yours. Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and September 11th, 2001. Or, what about Columbine, Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon Bombings, when Ronald Reagan was shot, when the Challenger exploded, etc.? These are just a couple of examples. What about Normandy? What about the death of Saddam Hussein or Usama bin Laden? What about when Princess Diana was killed? Again, these are just a few more examples.
Journal every day about the news. It's important. If you don't think so, you are missing out on some of the most important journaling you can do.
-- Stacy Duplease, Writer
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Faith Journaling Website & Blog:
http://faithjournaling.blogspot.com
Sent from Amazon Kindle Fire HDX
Faith Journaling Website & Blog:
http://faithjournaling.blogspot.com
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