Eileen

“We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.”
― Stephen Charnock

“The pleasure of novelty is by its very nature more subject than any other to the laws of diminishing returns.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“neoliberal capitalism. A self-obsessed, self-seeking form of capitalism that has normalised indifference, made a virtue out of selfishness and diminished the importance of compassion and care. A ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’, ‘hustle harder’ form of capitalism, that has denied the pivotal role both public services and local community have historically played in helping people prosper and has instead perpetuated the narrative that our destinies are solely in our own hands. It’s not that we weren’t ever lonely before. It’s that by redefining our relationships as transactions, recasting citizens in the role of consumers and engendering ever greater income and wealth divides, forty years of neoliberal capitalism has, at best, marginalised values such as solidarity, community, togetherness and kindness.4 At worst, it has cast these values summarily aside. We need to embrace a new form of politics – one with care and compassion at its very heart. The”
― Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century: A Call to Reconnect