Are We All Born Into This World With a Deep Longing?

"We are all of us creatures who are born into this world with a kind of fundamental longing for a more perfect and beautiful world," he says. "That sense of longing is also one of our greatest strengths and powers." But we live in a culture that is obsessed with positivity, writes the author. We're expected to put a good face on a bad situation, which leaves us especially ill-equipped when difficult moments do happen, he adds.