Through the nineteenth century, we became increasingly a society oriented around business and being cessful at business. But at the same time, there was this ongoing series of economic booms followed by panics and busts. People would grow quickly wealthy and then lose everything or they would fail to have ever earned anything in the first place. So there is this strain in our culture. And am really curious where it all was from. Do you want to share that?
Are you elevated by sad songs? Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you know the power of the bittersweet. Yet chances are there have been times when you’ve struggled to square your melancholic disposition with our culture of counterfeit cheer. Well, you won’t feel that way after you’ve heard Susan Cain discuss her new book, “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.” She argues that longing, sorrow, and grief are the wellsprings of connection, creativity, and hope.
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