It’s not black and white
One standard of assessing emotional health is to look at the propensity of an individual for black and white thinking. A person who cannot see that reality comes in multiple shades of grey, not black and white, is going to have a hard time. Stuck in their own heads, too many folks chase their tails and wonder why they are angry and unhappy. One way to escape the pain of black and white thinking is to consume lots of black and white. That’s right, start reading! TV, especially news shows, encourages black and white thinking to trigger negative emotional reactivity so you will keep watching. They are intentionally making you unhappy for monetary gain. By turning the TV off, you can learn other ways of looking at the world, about people, places and things near and far. The sky’s the limit to what you can learn to change your life for the better. Right now book sales are surging. Folks all over the world are learning to be happier and healthier turning off their TVs and getting out of their heads by getting into books!—MR
Independent booksellers grew in number, diversity in 2021
Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking of a new career.
