When we are absent from the moment, locked away in our chambers, jerked around by the false reality of video clips and sound bites, it allows the life that we have to pass us by.  We are manipulated by media that sets the agenda on what we are to be excited about or upset about.  It is a false reality and it shapes us in false ways.  We must live our days learning how to be grateful to God in this moment.

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 (NASB)