Re: Your favorite quotes
I think this a somewhat naive approach to life. Sadness is inevitable and to attempt to avoid it completely would be like trying to halt the labour of a child minutes before it’s born (essential futile.) Unless of course if you plan on living in a bubble with no loved ones as the minute we attach ourselves to things, people etc we open ourselves up to their pain/struggles/sadness. I think a great deal of growth comes from struggle of all kinds. And I find your last sentence problematic for the simple reason that one persons tragedy is not the same as another… and unless you know the people you reference from birth and have been with them every day since you cannot fully know what they’ve experienced in their lives. Interesting discussion though! Some further reading: CLICK and CLICK