If we are not careful we can be easily distracted from the good things by gazing at bad things. We can miss the beauty of the sunrise looking at the horrific footage of tsunami damage in Japan. We can miss the new song of birds in the morning because we are listening to the mournful cries of Mothers who've lost children in senseless suicide bombings. We can miss the heroic deeds of men and women willing to give their lives in a nuclear facility in Japan because we are captivated by the disgusting murders of a serial killer. We can miss the scenic regions of peace because we are disturbed by the smoke filled streets of Egypt, Libya, and Syria. The fact that we are distracted is not a slight to our human attention span; it is understandable that we are less attracted to the good when so much bad is taking place in our world. Who can smell the sweet scent of a rose when the stench of oil-spill dead fish are everywhere, as they were for the patrons of TX and LA for quite some time last year? Who can stare too long at a new suit or elegant dress hanging on a store rack or worn by a model when CNN or Fox news displays internet pictures of half naked children starving to death in foreign lands?

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