No, you don't get it.
<iu>Your assumption that suffering people (the great majority) are
not sad is gratuitous and disdainful...
Neither you nor I have any idea whether the great majority of suffering people are sad. I only know from my own experience that I know a number of people who are suffering various problems -- serious illness, divorce, loss of a child -- and while they will feel sadness from time to time, none of them are regularly sad people. My next door neighbor, a widow who has also lost an adult child, suffers terribly from arthritis. She is in pain most of the time. She has plenty of reasons why she could consider her whole life one of sadness. But she remains an extremely cheerful, happy individual, focussing on the good things in her life. I know many other people who choose to emphasize their happiness rather than sadness even in the midst of turmoil, suffering, and major life changes.
It is an attitude, a choice.
Sure, everybody, including me, feels occasional sadness. That's a good thing. But that's very different from saying that the world is a sad place. It's not. It's a wonderful place for those who can see and appreciate its wonders. |
