overcome adversity
people want to overcome adversity because then
they have a future
have meaning
have function
and feel happy as a result
overcoming adversity has a greater significance
than some of our other aims
because it is specifically
dealing with negative emotions
our most important adversity
apart from physical problems
is the problem of emotions
the point is not the actual adversity
but the negative emotion that follows adversity
there is at least one text which points to overcoming adversity as a major issue in life
in "As you like it" by Shakespeare the king points out:
"I find that howsoever men speak against adversity, yet some sweet uses are to be extracted from it"
the sweet use he mentions is
that the negative emotion which comes with adversity
is temporary and intended only as a warning
if the warning is effective then often positive outcomes and emotions can follow
fairy tales and fiction in general literature almost universally have adversity as a central component
you rarely read a book or watch a film about people who are just happy all the time
in fact i suggest that no such work has ever been attempted
we all are affected by ups and downs in our affairs
the art is to be not drawn too much into emotion about the downs or the ups
people want to overcome adversity because then
they have a future
have meaning
have function
and feel happy as a result
overcoming adversity has a greater significance
than some of our other aims
because it is specifically
dealing with negative emotions
our most important adversity
apart from physical problems
is the problem of emotions
the point is not the actual adversity
but the negative emotion that follows adversity
there is at least one text which points to overcoming adversity as a major issue in life
in "As you like it" by Shakespeare the king points out:
"I find that howsoever men speak against adversity, yet some sweet uses are to be extracted from it"
the sweet use he mentions is
that the negative emotion which comes with adversity
is temporary and intended only as a warning
if the warning is effective then often positive outcomes and emotions can follow
fairy tales and fiction in general literature almost universally have adversity as a central component
you rarely read a book or watch a film about people who are just happy all the time
in fact i suggest that no such work has ever been attempted
we all are affected by ups and downs in our affairs
the art is to be not drawn too much into emotion about the downs or the ups