Today as I passed a newsagent I glanced at the headlines on the various papers on display. We had street crime and knife attacks, people frightened to leave the house. Hurricane Dean raging through Jamaica heading for Mexico. A plane burning on the runway in Japan. Our soldiers waiting for the government to find a way out of Iraq. More warnings about global warming, and stories about murders, kidnappings and anarchy on the streets.
If I landed from another planet I don't think I would even open my suitcase I would head straight home. I don't buy newspapers because it seems only doom and gloom sells, but what about all the positive news.
Is our planet out of control? or is it media hype? Thom Hartman wrote a brilliant book " The last hours of ancient sunlight" he proposes that the only lasting solution to the crises we face is to re-learn the lessons our ancient ancestors knew- those which allowed them to live sustainably for hundreds of thousands of years- but which we've forgotten.
Reading this book may change the way you view the world and the influence of the media, and may provide surprising answers to how our world operates.
To celebrate the first month of the truepotential blog we will send a copy free to the best comment received by 20/9/07.
