The modern world is engrossed in a child-like quest for eternal happiness.
People want to live in the perfect house with the perfect partner and perfect kids, with the perfect job and the perfect car and have perfect friends and perfect holidays. They want to be respected and loved, envied and pleased.
This is profoundly unbalanced. There is something superficial in such a life.
Without sorrow, happiness would have no meaning. Without pain, there cannot be joy. Happiness that stems from having something is not real happiness.
Consider these songs:
"Hurt" sung by Johnny Cash
"Mad World" sung by Gary Jules
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" sung by Simon & Garfunkel
They are stirring, disturbing, moving songs that trouble the heart. There are thousands more but you get the idea.
Experience every feeling. Don't run from sadness. If you are unhappy, be with it. Sorrow makes you whole.
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