Take a look at what's happening in the world around you. Go on, take a look at it. Pretty bleak, huh? No wonder all those Japanese kids are killing themselves. In troubled times, it's easy to just throw your hands up in disgust and say, "Well, I give up," and let yourself be sucked into the downward spiral in which the world is seemingly headed.
But before getting caught up in all that gloom and doom stuff, it's important to take things into perspective. Are we really headed in the wrong direction? Are things really getting worse? I used to think so, right up until this morning.
The elevators at the Prudential Tower have little video screens that flash news updates, weather forecasts, stock reports, sports scores and other information so you have something to do in there other than trying not to make eye contact with the weird guy that got on with you. The current time is displayed at the bottom of the screen, next to the message "You Are Watching Captivate Network." Captivate. See, it's funny because you're literally captive while you're watching it.
I was in the elevator this morning, and after the Channel 7 four-day weather forecast, there was a trivia screen informing me that on this day twenty years ago, the number one movie in the country was Police Academy 3: Back in Training. I don't know about you, but suddenly, I felt much better about times we're living in.
