Weltschmerz! What a great word! You checked all the boxes that are causing my Weltschmerz over the past few months, and probably years for that matter. I try not to go to that place of feeling I have more in common with my pagan friends than my fellow Christians in our country, but it is hard not to. I do know that heartfelt Christians such as yourself do exist and are part of my community, and I am better served focusing on that. Reminding myself of God's grace and focusing on gratitude is a real challenge at times when the despair is lurking in the background. Thanks for your well written words!
The body keeps score, the body always tells the truth, if we would just listen to it tell us about the pain of trauma. I also feel a deep foreboding and pain. My sources include the same, but also the growing divide driven by white supremacism In Republic of efforts to install minority rule. Thank you for your essay, Doug!
Very well written Doug, as always. Like you I also don’t understand how people who call themselves Christians are against vaccines, wearing masks and taking care of their fellow humans. It fills me with Weltschmerz, but also “Weltwut” (yep, I just made that word up). I cannot stop wondering where this behavior is coming from and how (even) seemingly smart and kind people can think and act in such a different way than what to me seems to be so evident as right, just and kind. Yours, masked and vaxxed, Carel
Weltschmerz! What a great word! You checked all the boxes that are causing my Weltschmerz over the past few months, and probably years for that matter. I try not to go to that place of feeling I have more in common with my pagan friends than my fellow Christians in our country, but it is hard not to. I do know that heartfelt Christians such as yourself do exist and are part of my community, and I am better served focusing on that. Reminding myself of God's grace and focusing on gratitude is a real challenge at times when the despair is lurking in the background. Thanks for your well written words!
The body keeps score, the body always tells the truth, if we would just listen to it tell us about the pain of trauma. I also feel a deep foreboding and pain. My sources include the same, but also the growing divide driven by white supremacism In Republic of efforts to install minority rule. Thank you for your essay, Doug!
Very well written Doug, as always. Like you I also don’t understand how people who call themselves Christians are against vaccines, wearing masks and taking care of their fellow humans. It fills me with Weltschmerz, but also “Weltwut” (yep, I just made that word up). I cannot stop wondering where this behavior is coming from and how (even) seemingly smart and kind people can think and act in such a different way than what to me seems to be so evident as right, just and kind. Yours, masked and vaxxed, Carel