All Things Anne Wondra

Good News Reports requested

What's RIGHT with the world?

The politicing has started again. Why is it fashionable, newsworthy, or popular to criticize, bash, and put down the President, the First Lady, or any in leadership--especially when we celebrated their winning so heartily?

The pattern repeats, over and over again. It doesn't matter who is 'at the top.' The 'news' is always about 'pulling them down.'

There is a lot of GOOD in the world--in our country, in our neighborhoods, in our workplaces, anywhere we look for it. What we look for, we will find.

Our media seems to define 'news' and 'newsworthy' as those happenings that are less than uplifting, honorable, commendable, desireable. What if 'news' and 'newsworthy' were redefined?

What if reporters, radio dejays, newscasters, bloggers, photagraphers, newspaper and magazine editors started reporting, talking about, showing, highlighting in any way they could, all the kinds of inspiring, commendable, honorable, desireable happenings, they could find? And what if we as consumers also raise our standards in that direction?

What we see, talk about, what we hear, what we read--there are copy cats! We are influenced through words and pictures; our imagination and what we fill our environments with, always encourages and attracts more of the SAME.

What do we want MORE of in 2012? If we really want a better world, each one of us has the power of influence, especially those in any media positions--and the rest of us as supporting consumers. Thoughts and words become things. And MUCH FASTER than in previous years. Have you noticed?

There are great changes predicted in 2012. There is great energy to create flowing. I encourage all to use their thoughts and words, reporting, and consumer awareness, to speak and share, talk about, write about, only those elements, experiences, commendable, honorable, desireable happenings, and good news worthy of copy cats.

You and I do have the ability to influence the world around us. Use your voice, your talent, your words, and make them good. Shine a good news spotlight in 2012. Your efforts will be powerful and magnified. Happy New Year!

History lessons and the power of art

Did you see the History Detectives show last night?  A former WW II POW had an amazing portrait sketch of himself that had been drawn for him by another prisoner, in exchange for food. The artist had signed the work Rhoden. The former POW had not seen him since, had been unable to locate him after the war, and wanted to know who he was.  The picture and the artist remained a mystery and a memory.  The former POW also had a notebook he had created and also kept all those years.

In the course of tracking down the missing artist, the wisdom piece that connected with me was the detective's statement that in a POW situtation, where all privileges are stripped, the arts - writing, drawing, music, and any artistic expression - were the keys, the outlets, that helped prisoners maintain their humanity, their identity, perhaps their hope.

The irony is that when budgets are cut, funding for the arts is often seen as a luxury, a discretionary expense.

Maybe the wrong history lessons are being studied.