Thank you for your message :) Lately, I have been feeling stressed, emotionally drained, constrained, unappreciated - a lot of repressed negativity. I have been a little preoccupied with school and stuff, but I will actively try to make time to post. In fact, I’ll heed your advice and share a little bit about myself right now. As a follower of your blog, I feel that we are often on the same page - we are somewhat depressed, and have grown untrusting, intensely wary to the point where I would associate these behaviours as paranoiac. I am on the edge about religion, and I have on many occasions (the scientific part of me admits this shamefully) turned to Christianity and sought refuge with God. It is comforting (to believe that we are divinely guided by God’s providence) and hopeful (in knowing that there is this ultimate perfection of objective virtue we can and should strive for), but it is not something I can truly accept, for ‘fantastical’ faith cannot be reconciled with the doubts I have yet to absolve. I also want to take this opportunity to share with you and my (measly) followers how much I admire you and your blog! You seem to be going through a hard time so I hope you are able to get past this hurdle of negative experiences that I think has been haunting you for some time.
This super nice man named Carl from the University just called me to talk about my withdrawal and ask if there was anything he could do to support me and help me with my transition back to Iowa in the spring.
He was so thoughtful with his words, so attentive and understanding and he listened to…
It gives me hope - that instances of sympathy (however uncommon) are still in play within a self-serving society. University seems promising.