Getting Better

I’m not sure how much time I am going to have to write over the next 11 months. I am beginning a course of study in Information Technology, specifically in Networks.

One of the things that I was lacking when I tried to start a communications business was a lack of understanding of computer networks. It was a case of not knowing enough to know what I didn’t know. Over the last 2 years I have learned more and now I think I know what I am lacking. These classes should fill that gap and give me the skills I need to become very effective in an area that I believe that reform groups are lacking - media.

Most people still get their news from the corporate-controlled, left-leaning, financially-obsessed media with its ego-driven personalities who are more concerned with ratings and markets than NEWS.

Everyone in the reform movement knows that we need better, fairer, and more honest coverage than what we have gotten. Too often the media slants the public’s perceptions of us by finding our lunatic fringe and trying to present them as the norm for our groups. Certainly we can help this by first being more educated. Check your sources. Verify your e-mailed information. You might be surprised how much of the “urgent - you must pass this to 10 people” stuff that you get is bogus. Get a better understanding of history, economics, and religion. Yes, religion. You would be surprised how much of a part it plays in our current political situation. I’m not telling you what to believe (although I would like to) but you need to understand it better. I got tired of people telling me what the Bible said. One person said this. Another said that. It was very confusing. I went out and got the tools so that I could find out for myself.

Secondly, we need to try to be more articulate. I know that for some of us this is very hard. But, how good is it if you know something but can’t express it? Take some courses in public speaking. There are places to get those skills that are cheap, if not free. Maybe within our own groups we should give members things to study and present to the group. It will be scary at first but you will get better. Believe me. I am a very good example. The first time I tried to speak in public I froze up, couldn’t say a word. I have gotten better.

That maybe the theme of this blog today getting better. I’m going to try to do my part. I have a long way to go. I have learned that I have a few personal shortcomings but I know that I am am a work in progress. The best is yet to come. God isn’t through with me yet. By His grace I will get better. How about you?