In a world that prizes self‑direction, many of us have felt the sting of the pandemic’s forced solitude: the anxiety of endless scrolling, the frustration of trying to “manage” every moment, and the emptiness that follows when control slips away. As the author of the source article observes, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” This restless pursuit of autonomy mirrors the biblical description of the human heart
“For the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, ESV)
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