Faboo Friday: What's Important?

My name is Lisa, and I'm a romance author. Yep. It's what I do. I write fluffy, feel-good chick-lit, and I'm pretty proud of that, actually. I'm a good storyteller, and I'm becoming a better writer with each published work. Is my writing going to change the world? Hmm. Doubtful. Oh, don't get me wrong. I get emails on a fairly regular basis telling me how much one of my books moved someone, or reminded them of God's love, or gave them hope about something. So yes, I might change a few lives, but the world? Probably not.

But in reading headlines over the past few days, I find myself wondering, "What's important to people?" I'm truly baffled that a woman whose claim to fame is her ungodly lifestyle is higher on all the What's Trending lists than the fact that a robot landed on a comet. A robot landed on a comet. Let that sink in for a minute. Really think about it.

How many brilliant minds do you suppose it took to accomplish that comet landing? And yet, in our society, the naked rear-end of a silly, vapid, vacuous woman made for bigger headlines than that comet-landing robot. What is wrong with us?

It really saddens me to witness where we've come, and to imagine where we're going. It disturbs me to wonder what's important to us, and why.

Midway through the month of November--the month of thanksgiving, if you will--I challenge you to take a few minutes and think about what's important. Have we stooped so low that a naked behind is more important than an amazing feat of science and technology?

I pray that's not the case.