Dark lies are often covered by ignorant minds and, in some ways, I might define this as a lack of agency, where people ordinarily make their own choices and act independently.
A sense of agency is essential for you to feel in control of your life, to believe in your own capacity to influence your thoughts and behavior. To have faith in your ability to handle situations or a wide range of tasks. Any structure involved tends to be factors of influence such as social class, gender, religion, ethnicity, customs, etc., that both determine or limit agents and their decisions.
Our world has been living in somewhat of a state of conjecture, for some time now. And yes, the underlying factor with this situation has been COVID and its overwhelming impact on society. Endless questions surrounding how, when and if this virus will end along with the vaccines in place that may, or may not, be the solution. People are either flocking to stand in lines for inoculations or adamantly refusing to receive them. Opposing sides stare at each other, half behind their masks, the other without, while the darkness of this virus situation continues to be instrumented, more by opinions than pertinent facts, most coming from both our government and medical communities.
Definitely a lack of agency and a reminder that it’s not fate that dooms men, but instead their own failings.
From Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop…Write a blog post inspired by the word: dark
