Topics:<\/b> Anxiety; Depression; Failure; Hope; Hopelessness; Insecurity; Insignificance<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Proverbs 13:12; Ecclesiastes 1; Matthew 5:3\u20135; 1 Corinthians 1:26\u201331<\/p>\n
Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz often reflected on the sadness of life through his characters. He seemed to love losers; even Charlie Brown\u2019s baseball idol, Joe Shlabotnik, was the worst player in the pros, and with that came the corollary of losing at love. Every major character has an unrequited love\u2014Charlie Brown and the little red-haired girl, Lucy and Schroeder, Linus and Miss Othmar. Even Snoopy gets dumped at the altar.<\/p>\n
Happiness may be a warm puppy, but as cartoonist Charles Schulz once said, \u201cHappiness is not very funny.\u201d Schulz infused his Peanuts cartoons with his lifelong feelings of depression and insecurity\u2014he had his heart broken by a real-life red-haired girl\u2014and that showed how one could feel lonely even in a crowd.<\/p>\n
Many of his cartoons have two characters outside, at night, staring at a field of stars. \u201cLet\u2019s go inside and watch television,\u201d Charlie Brown says in one. \u201cI\u2019m beginning to feel insignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014James Poniewozik, \u201cThe Good and the Grief,\u201d Time<\/i> (December 27, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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