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# hope when everything's getting worse - Doctors Without Boredom
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/matthewloftus-2018-10-22-hope-everythings-getting-worse/
- Published: 2018-10-22T14:22:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T16:43:22.000Z
- Description: I felt like this piece from Clare Coffey about hope in the face of despair was very good, and I think you will, too: It is very possible that anxiety distorts perception of the world. It is also possible that […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Loftus, Culture

I felt like [this piece from Clare Coffey about hope in the face of despair](https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/young-voices/where-do-we-turn-when-our-deepest-fears-become-national-headlines?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) was very good, and I think you will, too:

> It is very possible that anxiety distorts perception of the world. It is also possible that the world is simply that bad, and the anxious are simply attuned to the facts.  
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> The good news is that it doesn’t matter. God deals out vengeance; God provides the harvest. God asks nothing from us either in the past or the future, only now.