The Unbearable Lightness of Right Now
In Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being , we’re asked to consider a paradox: Is it better to live lightly, unburdened by consequence—or to embrace the weight of meaning, love, and responsibility, even when it hurts? As I look around at the world today, I feel this question pulsing underneath everything. We’re living through a time of enormous upheaval—political divisions, wars, climate disaster, human rights under attack, and a growing sense that truth has become whatever people say it is loud enough. It’s tempting to float above it all, to detach. To scroll, to laugh, to numb out. Lightness. But like Tereza in the novel—who aches for something deeper—I find myself craving weight. Craving meaning. Craving something that will anchor me in a time when so much feels hollow. Kundera’s characters struggle between love and freedom, betrayal and belonging, and their personal dilemmas are mirrors for our collective ones. Today, many of us are choosing whether to stay silent o...