John Pavlovitz: 'You Should Be Weary Right Now'

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2022/03/07/you-should-be-weary-right-now/


*snip*

Your heavy fatigue is the internal alarm of an empathy that will not allow you to proceed unaffected while so many grieve here, while war rages half a world away, while the planet burns, while there is so much brokenness in the place you call home.

To not feel any of that would be the red flag.
To not be brought to tears now and again would be a far more worrisome condition.
To not occasionally be leveled by the sheer volume of the burdens in your orbit would be a symptom of a far greater sickness within you.
It would mean that like far too many people around you, someone else’s pain is no longer of consequence to you.
It would mean that you had learned how to anesthetize yourself from the suffering in your path, that you no longer felt emotionally tethered to other human beings.
You being perfectly fine would be a dire diagnosis.

And that would be a far greater tragedy than all of the sources of your sadness, because it would mean that these days have claimed yet another compassionate human being and allowed apathy to supplant the space where empathy should reside. It would be proof of one more person joining the ranks of the willfully oblivious.

Listen friend, I know that giving a damn is the more perilous path, which is why so many refuse to take it anymore. It is the treacherous journey that will keep you up at night; the one that will furrow your brow and bring you to tears and frequently break your heart—but there is no other worthwhile way to live.

*snip*

[onecaliberal]

1. K&R

Feeling very heartsick today. 💔

[Walleye]

2. I keep thinking about a line in the movie "The Night of the Iguana"

Where Richard Burton as a disgraced clergyman condemns “man’s inhumanity to God”

[wendyb-NC]

3. Thank you

Very well said. I agree with every word.

[barbtries]

4. I needed that.

I'm so tired.

[timvrip]

8. Yes

Beyond tired!

[lagomorph777]

5. I feel better about feeling so awful.

TY

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Yes.

Withdraw into the places of stillness and silence that give you rest.
Nurture your mind and your body with good things: with music and art and food that give you joy.
Shield yourself with prayer or meditation or exercise.
Surround yourself with people who too care deeply, so that you are reminded you are not alone.
Hydrate and sleep and be selfish about maintaining something of a balance between the burdens of the world and your ability to carry them.

………

For the news that shocks and offends and is repeated over and over maybe the correct response is not to say sarcastically…who is surprised…maybe the correct human response is…I will always be surprised at any display of evil, even more so if repeated.

[wnylib]

9. +1000.

[Jetheels]

10. Thanks for reminder.

[Biophilic]

7. Ya, needed this today. Thanks.