Bloggers Lament – where to find a ‘feel good’ story …

I’m a blogger … and I constantly chase stories to write about – I doooo’ … so look for the good story – one that is uplifting and can make you feel good to be alive –

This has become a focus in recent weeks because all I have blogged about is how ugly the world looks …

For some time now I have been championing a cause for my local community – it’s called the Fraser Coast Aqua Therapy Association – (FCATA) – it’s a not-for-profit venture targeting the disabled and elderly who suffer extremes of mobility issues where an aqua-therapy program will greatly benefit.

I have a blog site for this program – linked here – and the program updates are found at this site.  The program is now at the point where it needs a Management Committee to allow Incorporation and make application for funding to kick-start the program.  For me – this is one of my current ‘feel good’ experiences.

Serious blogging remains a hard task when trying to keep the rage and anger contained – I feel it every day – rage at Government Leaders for being so weak and self-serving – angry at journalist’s because they never seem to ask the right question at the right time – it’s a monster effort trying to find clever and confronting debate on the tube – even newspapers present so much roughage to cover a story that seems relative and important –

I probable receive anywhere form 250-300 headline stories a day to filter through from varying news RSS feeds – it is a struggle some days to even find one among these headlines to read and ponder and then think about a blog post on the subject – very seldom is there a ‘good news’ story among these headlines …

You will have noted that the ‘ABC‘ – or the ‘Daily Beast‘ seem to be the source of most context stories I blog about – they’re about the only news sources I trust without having to do too much cross reference research.

Finding joy and real happiness in life is so hard … there is little ‘joy’ in what I write and blog about – it is a crushing and harsh world out there – and for serious people – confronting it – and trying to make a difference is about where I sit.

I’d say watching and being enthused by sport gives me ‘joy’ – sport it a singular experience and I can only relate personal experiences where other forms of ‘joy’ come to mind.

Watching movies gives me ‘joy’ – I often shed a tear during a movie – emotional attachment being the obvious reason – but a good scene where pure happiness comes through can emote the tear that comes from empathy – and a sorrow that my life does not have those types of moments.

I sometimes ponder if I have missed the purpose of what LIFE is about – it’s generally a reflective moment – and shrugged off quickly so as not to become too morbid about a path wrongly chosen.

As each day dawns – the habit of reaching for a news channel – or the overnight updates on financial markets is an habitual existence.  I have never been able to break that habit even though it has been 20+ years since I last worked in the financial markets.  I do look for the ‘good stories’ in these areas and when I see them – I do blog and become enthusiastic about them – the are just too few and far between.

If I were a newscaster – or a journalist and I looked at the news-sheet every day looking for a story – I would think their position would be the same as mine – looking for a ‘good news’ story in their business would also be everybody’s first choice – competed for and a well-earned break to the load they must bear every day when they have to report all the other stuff.

I can sit by the ocean and watch a seagull soar – or walk along a beach pecking at the beach sourcing its dinner – and that relax’s me – I see contentment in that scene – I sometimes imagine being an animal and at what level of the food chain I would want to be – trying to imagine the simplicity of a life in that form – it is a humourous mind game as I see and taste my supper – and them imagine whose supper I would be and how I would poison myself to lessen their enjoyment.

The context of how complex and distorted our society has become is forever tugging at my own morality – and the life I have lived.  Exposures at Government Minister level has to be extreme in that they know things that the public should never know – or be told about.  What must they do to  cocoon their knowledge so as to not impact on their family and friends?

Right now I have a dozen news feeds that I have sorted, done some research and want to blog about – when I started today I took a step back and thought differently –

I did not want to write about another Government failure – or a decision that was wrong in my opinion – or tell of the atrocities that are happening in Nth Africa as reported by the Human Rights Commission – I decided to take  a day – maybe it will be 2-3 – I just wanted to clear the head space and think about positive issues – to get there my imagination escorts me …

… I am there – the beach is clear – shallow waves creating an echo that relaxes the mind – the wind is gusting and I see the gull hovering in the sky above me – he is using the wind to clean his feathers –

I wish I could fly and be free – my mind shuts down and I see him in my sub-conscious and I become him – it is a great feeling and I feel good –

I soar high and float again on the wind – I see a bait fish and I ponder the dive into shallow water – I wait because the wind is solid and I feel strong – I am living my life and I am free – another gull just took my dinner – it’s OK – I’ll find another …

I float off and swoop low across the white-tipped waves – I land and a see people having lunch – I walk by and they throw me food – they watch me pick it up and swallow in one motion – they throw another and I chase it down before the others come to compete – I’m done – and I once again seek the sky to soar on the wind …

It is peaceful and I have no concerns – I am fed for another day and now I search for a perch … oh – if all life could be that simple I ask myself …

You should all try it sometime – it is liberating and good for the soul … till next time …  cheers.