Monstrosity

Yes, we have normalised this pattern of behaviour. For things that are not ok, we use a facet of "activism", hypocritical "compassion" and other mental tricks to twist it all in our favor. But then, when we can no longer excuse ourselves, it just sounds awkwardly lame, now that stupidity is obvious and stuck in the fact, not capable of manipulations anymore. We make our simple life so difficult with useless greed and other "mortal sins", that at the end of the day, the gift of life becomes that tasteless that we'd prefer death.
In every case, afterlife is indeed better. LOL.
Be it the case that you're not stuck in between, but that's different.

Recent headlines have me pretty depressed about the overall behavior of the allegedly Christian west and had me wondering about how much of a psychological factor in all this the belief in an afterlife is. There are atheists whose behavior is terrific and Christians who are deplorable, especially here in the United States, where we just had another racially motivated mass shooting. It seems like it should be the other way around, but what do I know?

My depression comes and goes with the headlines, but overall I WANT to believe that the good humans, of whatever sort, outnumber the rotten ones, and that eventually the rotten ones will come to see the intrinsic wisdom of being nice.

My spirits today, Keilani, were significantly lifted by reading some of your poems.

I'm delighted to have encountered them, and you!

Keep the poetry coming!

Sometimes it feels like we're heading into those near apocalyptic days of decay.
Amazing spill.

Not a lot of good news in recent times, for sure.

The down side of having long memories is that it becomes a nursery for grudges.