Nerd Church - Hope in the Butt-End of the 2010s (or, the News is Always Awful, But We Can Still Smile Sometimes)

"Have you seen the news?"

"No... what's happened now?"

...We all dread it.

Because everything in the world just seems to be going downhill continually.





The news wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows before, but now it looks more like those sketches Mitchell and Webb did about The Event.


(Warning: SEVERE flashing images, flashbacks/PTSD, v. dark humour)

For those of you not able to watch it - imagine a British-comedy Hunger Games in someone's 1970s-themed basement.

That's basically what those sketches are.

So how on Earth do we keep going with the barrages of negativity accosting us on a daily basis?

It's not easy.

But we cling onto hope.

We grab it, and we point-blank refuse to let it go.

Because where's there's life there's hope, and where there's hope there's life.

And maybe I sound idealistic and naïve, but sometimes we need idealism.

We need the light to keep burning regardless of how dark it gets.

(This is the part where I remind you that I'm a walking contradiction of both cynicism and positivity! I've yet to figure out whether I'm a cynical optimist, or an optimistic cynic. Maybe both?)

(This is also the part where I remind you I was raised by hippies - I can't help it.)

'But Cee!' I metaphorically hear you cry for the purposes of my rhetorical device, 'where can you find hope in the butt-end of the 2010s?!'

(I blame 2016 for this. I think we all do.)

Ahhhh, but that's the thing - the world is wonderfully terrible, but also terribly wonderful.

All the things that make life awesome - largely the little things, and little-ly the large things - are still there!

Awesome people like you, dearest nerdlets, exist! Kitties exist! Dogs exist! Sunshine exists! Smiles exist! Music exists! Books exist!

Wonderful things can and do exist.

And finding even one reason to smile on a bad day is fantastic. Hell, finding even one reason to smile on any day is fantastic!

In the world that we live in, finding happiness despite the odds is a victory against all those who would make you miserable.





I get that it's hard dearest nerdlets, but there are beautiful people in this world working on making it a better place.

Fear does not win. Hatred does not win.

Hope wins. Love wins. Happiness wins.

Go be amazing - I believe in all of you. Because whether you believe it or not, I know how incredible and wonderful you are.

What are some ways you stay happy in the current sh**-fest?

Talk to me! 😅💬

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Last updated: 24th Nov 2018