Podcast
10% Happier with Dan Harris
This book explored how the capacity to tune into the inherent joy and sadness of the human situation can act as a superpower for connection. The author discussed bittersweetness as a way of being in the world, recognizing that joy and sorrow are forever paired, and that everything loved is impermanent.
She's written a whole book about it in fact. It's called Bittersweet.
— Episode: What is Sadness Good For? | Susan Cain
Episode: What is Sadness Good For? | Susan Cain
This book explored how the capacity to tune into the inherent joy and sadness of the human situation can act as a superpower for connection. The author discussed bittersweetness as a way of being in the world, recognizing that joy and sorrow are forever paired, and that everything loved is impermanent.
She's written a whole book about it in fact. It's called Bittersweet.
In this book, she explores how the capacity to tune in to the inherent joy and sadness of the human situation can be a superpower for connection.
But I also talk about bitter sweetness as a way of being in the world, a kind of recognition of the way that joy and sorrow are forever paired and that everyone and everything we love most in this world is not going to be here forever but that somehow the more you become attuned to these truths, to these realities, the more dialed in you become to a kind of joy at the beauty of the world.
I would say that some people are kind of sort of enter the world predisposed to this bittersweet state. And I'm guessing that's about 15 to 20% of people and I say that because that's the number of people who are born with a highly sensitive temperament.
The book I've been checking out lately is called Devil Makes Three. It's by Ben Fountain.