Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.
Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.
When you experience the emotion of sadness, there will be changes in facial expression, and your body will be closed in, withdrawn. There are also changes in your heart, your guts: they slow down. And there are hormonal changes.
I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.
A sad person who is so involved with his sadness that he mistakes it for reality will have a hard time seeing himself as anything but sad. For him, the sadness is not a feeling that he experiences - it is him.
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.
Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.