Carrying warmth when the world turns bitter cold

By: Shamecca Brown, Columnist

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 6 days, 15 hours ago

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There’s a heaviness settling over the world these days, and most people can feel it, even if they don’t want to admit it out loud. The news cycles are soaked in hate, cruelty and division. Social platforms reward outrage over empathy. Headlines read like warnings – another war, another shooting, another attack, another person stripped of dignity for simply existing.

People are growing numb. Not because they’ve stopped caring, but because caring has become exhausting. …

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