To arrive at true things

Having been involved in mass communications for 25-plus years, I gradually learned that the “news” is hardly a mirror reflection of what is happening in our world - or even our neighborhood. Everything that is reported is shaded by a philosophy of some sort, which, no matter the purity of intent, is still a degree of separation.

The truth is flipped over like a hamburger on a spatula many times before we hear it. And what often happens is that we see the presentation before we see the news. That degree of separation is diminishing, however, with the advent of the Internet. Once a brokerage system of information and communications, today ‘everyman’ can give rapid news and chime in with opinions on world happenings. Gone are the days where a Walter Cronkite and a handful of others ration out info.

The problem, of course, is that many Internet sources are hateful, misleading or simply wrong.

The irony here is that once we had too little in the way of viewpoints and now we have so many that it is difficult finding a few you trust.

The point I’m making is that, in our rapidly-changing world, it is very, very difficult to find something real. Most anything we find has been handled before we arrive.

I’d like to suggest here that internal truths are also very difficult to get at in an unpackaged state. But when we do find some little unspoiled gem of life, even if the world trashes it, we do well to consider it a valuable marker on our journey.

Trust your own ability to move from one mental mile marker to the next on your journey. It’s the little revelations that keep us going.