Fighting Weltschmertz and Chasing Eidolons

Weltschmertz \Welt"schmertz`\, n.
Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.

Eidolon \Ei*do"lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? image. See Idol.]

1.	a phantom; apparition.

2.

an ideal.

It's hard to live in a world that seems so bad. Nietzsche believed that creative forces were healthly, so much so that in fact, in a world without God, they were the only things that made life worth living.

I tend to agree, though of course my engineering and scientific background would add that pursuit of knowledge and creation of the new and the useful as well as a beautiful are the pursuits and endeavors that we should strive for in order to give our lives meaning.

Thus, the way in which we shall fight the draining, empty decay of the weltschmertz that secretly eats us all up inside is by chasing an eidolon, one which may not be unachievable, but we should strive for nonetheless.

Chasing Eidolons:

===================
1. The pursuit of great arts; finding meaning in every book and every film.

2. The pursuit of knowledge, the satisfaction of the unending why in the tradition of Odin All-father

3. The pursuit of creation of that which is useful, for functionality in the marriage of knowledge and skill via the works of man is beautiful.

4. The destruction of the weltschmertz that dwells within!

**********

Give me a lifetime to try it out, I'll tell you if I'm successful.