Woe Is Me
by Michael Feeley
“Woe is me” versus “How fortunate I am.” Both are choices. Both are available at the same time. “Woe is me” wraps us in victimhood—dramatic, self-focused, announcing our suffering to the world. It’s oddly comfortable because it requires nothing of us. It can even become a kind of confidence—confidence in our pain, in our unfortunate […]