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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Gloria Morris wrote:

> Part of the problem is being over-whelmed with all the bad news.  
> And, apart
> from some miraculously good thing that happens, most reported news  
> is bad.
> But part of the problem is how WE process the information we see  
> and hear.
> What do we CHOOSE to do with the information? How do we CHOOSE to  
> react to
> it, if at all? Do we focus on what we have within OUR control to do  
> about
> the situation? Or do we get angry at others for not acting? One is a
> positive reaction, one a negative. The positive reaction breeds a  
> positive
> emotional outlook, while the anger at something outside our control  
> fuels a
> negative emotional outlook.

Precisely. Well stated.