When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.
In this dangerous world that we live in, where hatred and violence and natural disasters sometimes collide to almost overwhelm us, we each can help in some way.
Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
The entire world is a witness to the phenomenon that sorrows keep away from the kindhearted and compassionate.
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