#Take away the time-wasting from it, Meaning, take a lesson out of it, and then it’s not only news, it’s a way of forging a connection with Hashem.
That’s what news is, things Hashem does… and He’s doing it for a reason.. try to figure out the lesson and apply it to yourself…
For example, about 2 weeks ago there was this guy in New Jersey that got killed… How?
He was talking to his friend near a construction sight, and a worker 50 stories above, dropped his tape-measure, and it landed on this guy’s head, killing him instantly..
I probably used this example in every class I gave since…
What are the odds???
There’s no such thing as odds… When someone’s time is up, it’s up!
There’s no running away from it…
It makes you stop and think, “do I know when my time is?”
“will I have something to show for myself after my time is up?”
and so on….
Telling you to stop looking at the news, is a very hard thing to say…
And, human nature is, wanting to be in the know…
try deriving lessons from it… thereby causing growth=not a waste of time..:)
B’hatzlacha!