Media Man

It's truly amazing how powerful the media is. However, as it represents a reflection of the interests of the people (to a great extent) *we* are indeed powerful as well.

Confused to . . Confucius

Everday we attempt to play the role of Confucius. We become enlightened in order to defeat our problems. Then suddenly we have learned a lesson and arisen, ready to spread the lesson on to others.

However, now that I have entered the world of informtion overload, not only am I privy to the problems,fears, triumphs, and revelations of my friends and peers, I am now the unconscious recipient of supposed life affirmations, daily digests, inspirational quotes, and partial advice. I appreciate it. Not only does it make my morning, at times, but it indeed gets me through some moments where I feel as if my life is on the brink of being out of control. However, this becomes an overload when too many confucius-inspired moments happen where one becomes enlightened to *cope* as opposed to achieving the actualization of wisdom. I sometimes can't decipher the two and wonder if their words of alleged wisdom should be deposited into my mental wisdom bank.

Through this realization,I am left to my own devices and life experiences. Taking most advice is almost like reading sparknotes: it leaves one with the *jist* instead of internalizing and absorbing the situation in order to learn and grow through personal experience. I thank my friends and peers in the webosphere (and those in "real life") who attempt to impart their life lessons upon the rest of us, but there are trials we personally need to go through to gain wisdom. I'm earning my daily wisdom points through living my life, instead of living vicariously through the moments of clarity of others, and I salute those of you who choose to do the same*