Time to change the channel...

This retreating into my own space on a daily basis to write seems to be working for me. No phone, no Internet, no TV- just me and a white page to start every session. This feels right. I can understand why people become Hermits and withdraw from normal life as we've always known it. The peace, the solitude and the creativity that flows when you are inside your own head, in your own space is uplifting.
I don't think I could live like a hermit. I need interaction with other humans but there is something to be said for taking time to be by yourself. The world won't end if you don't turn on the TV to watch the news or check your Twitter and Facebook feeds to find out what is going on in places you are not and with people you can't see. You will be happier if only because you don't hear about death, destruction, natural disasters,rape, drugs, nuclear catastrophes, wars, starvation, aids, cancer, suicide, murder, carnage and all the hateful things that people do to people just because they have power and the will.

We should laugh more. We should look around and smile at people more. Gandhi said we should be the change we want to see in the world.
I'm starting with things I've got the power to change. I'm turning off anything that feels negative. Just switching channels. I want to laugh long, hard and from the pits of my belly! I want the world to smile more.
Come on, give me a smile. Show me those pearly whites! And laugh, laugh out loud! It only has to start with a giggle. Tickle someone today.