When it comes to watching television these days, my two most favorite words are “fast forward”. You have probably noticed that commercial breaks are getting longer and more frequent. I recently timed the break during a prime time drama I was watching the other night. It was a full five minutes long! We’ve come a long way from when the announcer used to say “we’ll be back in 60 seconds”.
So now we record most of our favorite shows and fast forward through all those ads. The streaming services, of course, have already caught on to this. Most of them disable fast forwarding when you watch something on demand. You are forced to endure the clutter, although the length of the breaks is generally shorter.
If only we could fast forward through all the trivial stuff in our lives and focus on the important things. God, family, friends, country. Maybe it’s time to change the channel of your journey.