It would be
understandable, this week,
if you looked around and decided that
the world as we know it is wholly irredeemable.
It would be understandable if you were tempted to give up hope.
If the present feels too awful to bear, it can be helpful to look to the past
or the future instead. There’s wisdom to be found in history; there’s
hope to be found in the futures that don’t exist, but might
someday. This isn’t a means of escapism, but
a way to find the strength to
keep going.