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The Reality of the World is not My Intention
Weltschmerz

As I see the world
reality brings to me
depressing feelings.
Weltschmerz is a compound noun made from the words Welt (world) and Schmerz (pain). It, therefore, translates to ‘world pain’
The nearest English equivalent to Weltschmerz is world-weariness. It’s sometimes compared to a state of depression.
It’s a feeling from comparing the actual state of the world to the ideal image of how the world should be, and knowing that the picture in your head can never exist.
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