“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front — Wendell Berry
Berry’s exhortation is not be joyful BECAUSE I have considered all the facts. That would be fine if I could manage it, but sometimes, okay, often, when I consider all the facts, at least the facts that readily come to mind, joy is not the natural byproduct, joy is not the emotion that wins out. It is far outpaced by angst, trepidation, fear, and downright negativity – “the end is near” (if we’re lucky) negativity.
No, be joyful THOUGH I have considered all the facts. It need not make sense. After all, so little does these days – so:
“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.”
It occurs to me... 