The best philosophical perspective I encountered came from the movie Rangoon wherein an American and Burmanese doctor exchanged views.
The American stated she was taught that if she worked hard and did it all right then she would be rewarded. Let me digress she was in Burma following the murder of her husband and children. This was a true story and the woman was a doctor . her sister suggested she get away and so they went to Burma. Burma erupted and she got caught up in the civil war. The burmanese man was a rebel and intellect who had befriender her. She told him of her tragedy wherein he essentially explained that in their cultural they viewed life as all sad and when life visited upon you a moment of happiness that you savor every bit of it.
I believe he is correct and sadness visits us all often and in one way or antoher and we must learn to endure and in those few glimpses of happiness endear them to our hearts and minds.
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