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When it comes to developing a worldview, we tend to face this false division: Either you are a realist who says the world is terrible, or a naïve optimist who says the world is wonderful and turns a blind eye. [Jack] Gilbert takes this middle way, and I think it__ a far better way: he says the world is terrible and wonderful, and your obligation is to joy. . . . A real, mature, sincere joy__ot a cheaply earned, ignorant joy. He__ not talking about building a fortress of pleasure against the assault of the world. He__ talking about the miraculousness of moments of wonder and how it seems to be worth it, after all.
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When it comes to developing a worldview, we tend to face this false division: Either you are a realist who says the world is terrible, or a naïve optimist who says the world is wonderful and turns a blind eye. [Jack] Gilbert takes this middle way, and I think it__ a far better way: he says the world is terrible and wonderful, and your obligation is to joy. . . . A real, mature, sincere joy__ot a cheaply earned, ignorant joy. He__ not talking about building a fortress of pleasure against the assault of the world. He__ talking about the miraculousness of moments of wonder and how it seems to be worth it, after all.

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