Thinking About the World Can Lead to a Dark and Lonely Place

I sometimes read a book which really hits the spot and so it was with George Marshall's 'Don't Even Think About it'.  The subtitle: 'Why we are wired not to think about climate change' says it all:  If we think about climate change - and all the other problems of our wider world for that matter - we may well end up feeling anxious and overwhelmed.   We are likely to feel powerless, depressed and perhaps even a little guilty.  So, let's get on with our lives and put all of that stuff out of our minds.

And I can truly say that reading and thinking about the problems of our world have often taken me to a dark and lonely place. But, fear not I tell myself.  We live in pretty amazing times and exciting things are happening, clever people are finding solutions to all sorts of difficulties, people are questionning and protesting and the human spirit constantly lifts us above seemingly insurmountable problems.