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The Spasm of Fear; Or I am trying to cheer you up;)
Something to talk about as the days grow shorter and night stealthily slips in. Well the general pessimistic tone of the media as we find ourselves in trouble, not only because of Brexit but Covid which stalks the world with an evil face. I read yesterday it is as if the four horses of the Apocalypse had taken flight with a vengeance, but reading this article and another angle appeared.
The word ‘apocalypse’ comes from the Greek apokalypsis which means to ‘uncover’, ‘unveil’ or ‘reveal’. Rather than fire and destruction, apocalypse was understood by some ancients as a ‘revelation’ of things as they really were.
I expect when all the drama ceases, life will be a little more expensive but still chuntering on.
Yesterday my daughter came home, keep your distance mum she said, someone who works for her had tested positive. My granddaughter is furious because as a 15 year old she has not been vaccinated, and came home in a cross mood because 20 of the pupils in the school had tested positive. I pointed out to her that as the school has about a thousand inmates that wasn't too bad. Anyway this morning an 'all clear' after testing.
I started this with the thought of a 'spasm of fear'. Two incidents that frighten many women. The murder of that teacher in London, Sabina Nessa and of course the killing of three young children and a mother. Can it be that women must always go in fear when they step out at night? Or when a relationship goes wrong? Empty questions for there will always be bad as well as good. But it brought back the memory of arguing with Matilda about catching a taxi from Kings Cross and not walking back to her flat. Which she did of course.
But to even the mood up, I watched my favourite knitting vlog, no knitting in it but a drive along German motorways ending in Yorkshire and Sheffield being described as 'pretty'!
It seems like a good idea to listen to even less news at the moment
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is putting your head in the sand Sue. I see my blog as a diary of the events that are happening in this moment and need to record them.
ReplyDeleteI've always been interested in the news, global and closer to home, but for me it's a precarious balance between being informed and scaring myself to death/sobbing myself to sleep - especially concerning domestic violence and the murder of women I've reached a slightly uneasy compromise of trying just to read the headlines so I know what's going on.
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs.L, just been to your blog and see what you mean. There is a range of emotions we go through when we see news, utter sadness at the waste of young life, empathy with all those people that get pushed around by higher authorities and global disasters and also anger at political mismanagement.
DeleteI suppose I refuse to live in a land where everything is sugar and honey when blatantly it is not but tomorrow I shall return to something else.
Thanks for your reply.
DeleteNews - some days I decide I won'r look at it because it is all so depressing and other days I make myself. There ought to be a law that says every biece of bad news should be interspersed with a piece of good news to even things up.
ReplyDeleteThere is such things as positive news, which is sorted and selected, so no worries there Pat. And all over the world people are working for the good of not only people but animals and the land as well.
DeleteI love that photo of the Devil's Arch - it came up as my opening screen the other day when I turned on my computer. It is so lovely!
ReplyDeleteYes it also appeared on my screen as well and I fell in love with it as well Ellen. I think it was constructed as a perfect circle.
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