Despair has none of that. Despair, like depression, creates emotional blunting – the inability to feel much at all. We are flat, often unmoved. Even the rescue of hostages only gives us momentary joy, and then we return to despair.
In the clergy support groups I facilitate, there is lots of talk about despair. They don’t use the word initially, but it resonates when I do. Our rabbis, cantors and educators are struggling to find joy in their work. They struggle to find purpose.
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