I was raised separately from a world that I never knew existed. I’ve always called it the world, but I also call it my home today. To my family, this is apostasy. To me, it’s life-affirming, and it makes no sense to my readers. It wasn’t until later I realized that worldly is a cosmopolitan compliment. As a child, it was a slur. Derogatory of all the sinful self-seeking people that lived outside our walled religious garden.
Worldly
Worldly
Worldly
I was raised separately from a world that I never knew existed. I’ve always called it the world, but I also call it my home today. To my family, this is apostasy. To me, it’s life-affirming, and it makes no sense to my readers. It wasn’t until later I realized that worldly is a cosmopolitan compliment. As a child, it was a slur. Derogatory of all the sinful self-seeking people that lived outside our walled religious garden.