Nov 25, 2024
We aren't
always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
In this interview, based on Alan Noble's book we discuss that
for the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental
illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous
advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still
comes down to mundane choices that we each must make—like the daily
choice to get out of bed.
In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique
burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes,
the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply get out of
bed—is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of
God.
For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and
mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made
tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of
living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must
make—like the daily choice to get out of bed.
In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique
burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes,
the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply get out of
bed—is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of
God.