Character in Absurd Times

“A creeping sentiment that a situation is hopelessly ridiculous and futile can deaden our resolve, courage, and constancy, manifested in thoughts and words along the lines of ‘Really? This is my marriage? This is my job? This is the relationship I have with my children and family? This disappointing, joke of a situation is my church, my home, my world, my life, etc.?’ In precisely such times our character, or lack thereof, is invariably proved.” - Mere Orthodoxy