A VALUE FOR VALUES?
Trivialization Nation: Are We Devaluing Our Values?
by Linton Weeks
NPR February 12, 2010
A roll of U.S. Constitution toilet paper sells for $7.95 online. Certain TV shows arrange marriages. Other shows brush aside the horrors of serial killers or treat torture as a curiosity. It makes you wonder — have we become Trivialization Nation? Perhaps we've downsized the meaning of everything: Love. Death. Sex. Religion. Education. Civil rights. How sacred is life when in a recent episode of the widely watched and revered Oprah, a murderer on death row appears via satellite to speak with the children of his victims? How lifted up is love when a houseful of men and women vie on MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila for the favors of the self-promoting Web celeb?
This is an intriguing column. Is there such a thing as solemn values or is everything fair game for jokes? Although I recommend browsing the entire article at NPR archives, there is a simple question which can help you find the correct answer. If you or your loved one is in real pain, do you trivialize it or do you pay serious attention to it? If the roof falls down on you, do you just joke about it or do you try to pull yourself out of the rubble. True it is good to be lighthearted, yet I bet that you will never trivialize what is really important to you.
Does it mean that we only devalue things we deem important to others? Of course! But don't be surprised by this self-discovery. Self-centered thinking is what distorts reality, while Self-building restores it. Start self-building today and tomorrow you will discover the difference between the humor which uplifts from the crass comedy which devalues you.
by Linton Weeks
NPR February 12, 2010
A roll of U.S. Constitution toilet paper sells for $7.95 online. Certain TV shows arrange marriages. Other shows brush aside the horrors of serial killers or treat torture as a curiosity. It makes you wonder — have we become Trivialization Nation? Perhaps we've downsized the meaning of everything: Love. Death. Sex. Religion. Education. Civil rights. How sacred is life when in a recent episode of the widely watched and revered Oprah, a murderer on death row appears via satellite to speak with the children of his victims? How lifted up is love when a houseful of men and women vie on MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila for the favors of the self-promoting Web celeb?
This is an intriguing column. Is there such a thing as solemn values or is everything fair game for jokes? Although I recommend browsing the entire article at NPR archives, there is a simple question which can help you find the correct answer. If you or your loved one is in real pain, do you trivialize it or do you pay serious attention to it? If the roof falls down on you, do you just joke about it or do you try to pull yourself out of the rubble. True it is good to be lighthearted, yet I bet that you will never trivialize what is really important to you.
Does it mean that we only devalue things we deem important to others? Of course! But don't be surprised by this self-discovery. Self-centered thinking is what distorts reality, while Self-building restores it. Start self-building today and tomorrow you will discover the difference between the humor which uplifts from the crass comedy which devalues you.
Posted by Farooq Husayn at 2/12/2010 7:36 PM 
Categories: Values, Selfbuilding
Tags: Linton Weeks Self help trivialization values
Categories: Values, Selfbuilding
Tags: Linton Weeks Self help trivialization values
I know three words
Reply to this
How to get rid of the dependence of FaceBook?
Reply to this