2007-09-02 14:35:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes, and it allows you to see that nothing can ever be that bad again.
To suffer the most despair you are capable of is such a gift.
Lifes little downs, are just that lifes little downs.
It is such a gift.
God Is Gracious
2007-09-02 15:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by Astro 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People in this world are like people on board a ship travelling towards a destination. When the captain pulls in temporarily to a harbour on the way, the people disembark to stretch their legs. Some of them then come back on board and settle down again. They take the best places on the ship. Others stay looking at the pretty things around the harbour: the meadows, parks, singing birds, precious stones, flower and fruits. Coming back to the ship, they find plenty of room. A third group picks up pretty stones and shells, fruits and flowers. They do not move far from where the ship docked. They re-embark heavily laden. These are the slaves of stones, shells, faded flowers and rotten fruits, things that will soon be rubbish. They have to squeeze into the narrowest and the least comfortable places on the ship and they are made even more uncomfortable by the bulk of things they carry. They are occupied with their burdens and worry about them. Another group is so taken by the place where they disembark that they forget about the ship altogether. They will never be free of sorrow, misfortune and pain. When the captain shouts before he sails away, some of them try to run back heavily laden with their collections but they do not reach the ship in time. They are left behind. A few of them reach the ship and find very little room for them. The people who took their collections on board, find that their flowers fade, the stones lose their gloss, and every thing becomes rotten and useless, nothing but an unpleasant burden. The only alternative is to throw them all overboard. The things that they collected have become a nuisance, hampering them. They reach their destination with empty hands that retain a bad smell. They are fatigued from being squashed among all the rubbish and from looking after it. Some of these people actually die before the end of the voyage. Others become sick and weak. Only the first group come home, healthy and happy.
2007-09-02 22:18:30 · answer #2 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I understand exactly but if you're saying what i think you're saying than no. I haven't felt a sadness so bad that I've never felt sad again.
2007-09-02 21:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by skrdude8389 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fortunately, not yet, and i hope to not feel immense sadness. but i do feel sad at times, but i guess that's part of living. i think that the worst part in feeling sad is that no one will be at your side to cheer you up or even listen to you and just 'be there' with you, even when there are no words spoken. i believe that if i ever felt sadness so bad and great, i would feel it even more if i had no one to get by it. =)
2007-09-02 21:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by the lioness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but usually those extreme emotions are temporary. Don't make any decisions while you're in this state...if you are. :)
2007-09-02 21:47:52 · answer #5 · answered by julia 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋