The Means to be Whimsical

Hello and Hi!

It is a rather bleak time, isn’t it? A lot is wrong in this world right now. People are hungry, people are tired, and people are being torn apart. No matter how crammed and close we live together, there will be times we will feel alone. As I write this, I reflect on how the world has changed for the stranger. The poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and our politicians get older and more senile. How can we move forward when so many of us are stuck in the past? The truth is that there is no easy answer. It will take time, but it most importantly takes hope. 

Hope keeps us together even in the worst times. The story of Pandora’s Box puts it best: opening a box that releases all amounts of evil into the world and what comes out last is hope. The story, despite being condensed over hundreds of years, remains to be a timeless example to how powerful the will of humanity is. Where am I going with this? I’m suggesting that we have an opportunity to widen our narrow views to be better. Moreover, I want to encourage us to be hopeful and whimsical. Call it a hot take but being hopeful and whimsical now is more important than ever to endure and fight for a better future. Don’t mistake it for ignorance—that is the opposite of what being hopeful is. What I mean is being aware, active, and patient to understand how we can support the struggling communities. Adding whimsy to this makes it even better because that is how we, as a collective, find joy in searching for the future. 

This is where I come in! Hi and hello (again). I am The Student Writer, an anonymous writer currently in university that has too much time on her hands to think. I like drinking coffee, playing video games, and writing. I don’t like staying still and I certainly don’t like having my head empty. I’m writing this series to put a more optimistic spin on the troubles of today so we can learn how to be better tomorrow. The world deserves to be kinder and that cannot be done until we change for the better. Come along with me as I try to find the joy in the ordinary moments and share the smaller, but still whimsical, fascinations in life we have yet to recognize or appreciate. To be completely transparent, I don’t know where this will go. The world is unpredictable and filled with confusion and distrust. But I’m confident that I can provide a corner of comfort on the internet with my silly experiences and my sillier joy.

So, buckle up! You are in for quite a ride.