J. Ruth Gendler\u2019s Book of Qualities addresses ideas and emotions with illustrations and personifications. Here is something she says about despair:<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is persuasive, eloquent and undeniably well-informed. If you attempt to change her mind you will come away agreeing with her.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you look for them, there are a lot of facts. There are facts for anything.<\/p>\n
But a little bit of leaven raises the whole batch. And maybe that\u2019s the faith that raises me out of despair. Despair is easy. Somehow it\u2019s easier to believe in bad things. The bad things seem to linger.<\/p>\n
I feel the wind.\u00a0 I hear it. I see what damage it\u2019s done. I see all the disasters that almost happen and feel a flash of terror and pain as if they just did.<\/p>\n
But the wind doesn\u2019t blow forever. The vane says the wind is changing. There are no facts for what\u2019s about to happen; good things are always possible.<\/p>\n
The sun is always there and it will show its face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
J. Ruth Gendler\u2019s Book of Qualities addresses ideas and emotions with illustrations and personifications. Here is something she says about despair: \u201cShe is persuasive, eloquent and undeniably well-informed. If you attempt to change her mind you will come away agreeing … Continue reading