While it is theoretically possible to develop an attitude to totally prevent sadness, the Jewish view is there are times when such feelings are appropriate.
For example, we have an obligation to cry over the death of another person. Also, we should care enough about potential suffering to pray that it will not come. And we utilize these situations as reminders to improve ourselves.
-Sources: from Chochmah Umussar, vol.2, p.203; Rabbi Zelig Pliskin’s Gateway to Happiness, p.172
It’s a basic human emotion. We would not be human if we were devoid of the feelings os sadness, empathy and attachment.
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True, but there are times when we’re told we “shouldn’t” feel a certain way.
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It’s time that people made their own choices.
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Agreed.
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