Hope in a Time of Sadness
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Loading... - Lille Bain
- 24 Apr 2023
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Despair is global, hope is local.
We live in a time of sadness, even despair. There are so many things wrong with our world, so many heartbreaks and tragedies, happening now and soon to be happening.
Has it always been this way? Perhaps so, but what distinguishes our world from earlier times is that–because of instant media and communication–we know all about it, everywhere, all over the world, probably way more than our poor primate brains can tolerate. I think this is one of the many curses of social media—sometimes it brings us more sadness and doubt than we can handle.
Let’s be honest: there has always been sadness; uncertainty and tragedy are endemic to the human condition. We are evolved for it and adapted to it. For most of our history, humans were one dry season away from famine, one new pathogen away from plague, and one military campaign away from war.
Think even of recent history: two world wars, a worldwide economic depression, the ever-present looming threat of nuclear annihilation, and most recently, the Covid pestilence that killed millions. Read More…
