Tag: future

ethelred the unready

Unready

We don’t really know what’s going to happen next, and we haven’t obtained the kind of counsel required to face the uncertainty. We are prepared to be deposed.

relief

Relief

When we are relieved, we move about with greater ease, enjoying the freedom that comes with the loss of our burdens.

disappointed

Disappointment

The emotion of disappointment advises us to hope for less, and in doing so, makes us feel smaller in the present.

doomed

Doom

The future is always there, some physicists say. It is as real as the present, as material as the road a mile ahead of us, inaccessible to us in the moment, but a… more emotion Doom

spontaneous

Spontaneity

As we grow up to become members of civilization, we are urged to plan ahead. We’re told not to go out into the world when our bodies come of age, but to stay… more emotion Spontaneity

Regret Maud Muller

Regret

People are fond of saying that they have no regrets, but when Frank Sinatra sang that he had too few regrets to mention, it sounded more like a boast from an unreflective mind… more emotion Regret