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Maximisation of pleasure is erroneously thought to be the path towards a good life. Avoidance of pain, disappointment, injury, sickness, boredom, loneliness and sadness is what is generally pursued by all, not realizing that pain and suffering are inevitable if one is alive.

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Tragic optimism means remaining optimistic despite the tragic triad of pain, guilt, and death. This mindset works because:

• It acknowledges suffering fully without diminishing its reality
• It discovers meaning within the suffering rather than despite it

• The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paraparadoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.
• The more you desperately want to be sexy and desired, the uglier you come to see yourself, regardless of your ...