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Post by graceyichen on Mar 12, 2016 13:36:45 GMT
I think tragedies or death comforts us in a way that positivity can't. I can't remember when this happened, but one day I just suddenly realized wow life isn't nice, it's pretty bad a lot of the times. And I know this mindset can be changed, its all about perspective, would it be true to say that you've never enjoyed a single moment of your life - no. But it's exactly this kind of optimism and religion we have adopted into our lives that made this revelation so shocking to me. I think it would be easier to grow up if we didn't have such happy memories in our childhood. (But then, I wouldn't know what person I would be without the childhood I have had...so really there's no point in thinking about this.) But anyway that's just a comparison for my next point. If we didn't try to have so much positivity, not us but maybe the media, they love to make us believe our lives are great, or vacation, "TGIF", music, tv shows....these things that cheer us up sometimes, maybe if we didn't have them we wouldn't fall as hard as we do when we have bad days.
But tragedies straight up tell you that life isn't great all the time. The Greeks loved tragedies because it served as a reminder that life is not fair, anything could happen at anytime in your life. I could say to myself "you just like tragedies because other people being positive only makes you sad about yourself" and it would be kind of true. I don't know. Would you rather have the truth given to you and live life without dramatic ups and downs (this wouldn't necessarily mean "an unexciting life", just that you're prepared for everything that could happen), or would you want a life where you embrace the positive and the negative equally and experience stress, excitement, depression, pure joy (this wouldn't necessarily mean "a fulfilling life" either)? I don't know.
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Post by ETypeRegymon on Mar 13, 2016 14:42:36 GMT
I think that if we don't focus on things that cheer us up, say escapism or social interaction, we'd become emotionally drained. Focusing on the problems as they are and preparing for the next ones do prevent us from being "down", but then what's the worth of not feeling down if we rarely spend time celebrating our victories or enjoying our lives as a result? We can't gauge what a "down" is or appreciate not being "down" as much if we barely experience what "up" is supposed to be. Like everything (like the distance from the sun to the earth and how much food one should eat), there needs to be a balance. Not too close and not too far. Not too much and not too little. The two options you made focus too much on one either being prepared or living day by day. Some situations (such as a project being due) do require that preparation more, but other situations (like summer vacation in most cases) let us live in the moment.
Of course, this is based off an "I think", so who's to say my words hold any weight?
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Post by timmy on Mar 13, 2016 14:47:24 GMT
I don't know if I am willing to sacrifice the positive things in life for the negative to disappear. However, it is what makes life life, and I can say but that I was blessed to have more than others. I can't complain, because I know there are people in far worse situations.
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Post by sunnyp on Mar 14, 2016 1:13:27 GMT
I would definitely choose a life with negativity and positivity. I also hate bad days in my life, but sometimes those worst periods in my life had helped me in a way. I don't draw or write a lot but when I feel extreme sadness or loneliness, I tend to create something. Something that I would never be able to create in my happy moods. I think negativity is necessary. As a blessed human, I know I hadn't experienced even an inch or world's tragedy and there is more tragedies coming to my life, but I think I'm ready to embrace all negativity and positivity.
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Post by mayurika98 on Mar 17, 2016 11:47:36 GMT
This is so true because we learn to appreciate life more through the hardships that we have in life. For instance, when I was a little younger I always took my education, home and family for granted. There was nothing bothering me or putting my life in danger so I found other things to complain about. Even when I start to complain about things like homework now, I try to think about the harder challenges that are going to come up for me in the future. A moment that helped me appreciate my life more was my near death experience with a bombing in Sri Lanka. Imaging my parents gone and my life as an individual is so hard for me, because I know I haven't figured out everything I want to do with my life. I think it is important to accept the bad days in our lives as they will eventually lead up to a good day where we can relax and enjoy.
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Post by anniee on Mar 20, 2016 16:17:21 GMT
I also like tragedies! I think it's fun to explore a number of possible endings, instead of always going through the "happily ever after" route. Most modern tales always end up with things working out for the protagonist, and I just think that this happy ending gets kind of old: stories become too predictable, thus there's no feeling of suspense because we as readers have no opportunity to contemplate what's going to happen. We need stories to also show us the dark side of the consequences of actions, so that we may also be able to accept it in our lives.
I think it's better not to know the truth, not because I don't want to prepared for what is to come, but because as humans we may try to change our reality. We want ourselves to lead the best lives because as humans we tend to prioritize ourselves. If we know our futures, we may end up spending the rest of our lives trying to change the future bad into good, instead of focusing on the present. We won't be able to experience proper emotions, for we know the outcome of an event; nothing is new.
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Post by toomuchchanmin on Mar 20, 2016 16:46:31 GMT
I don't fine tragedies that really "cool" nor "satisfying". I find stories like books and movies to be more like escapism. Like reading about or watching a movie about Superman or something. There will never be a day we are able to fly, but we can imagine our selves doing it and look up to Superman. Tragedies will just remind us that life gives lemonade. While I'm not saying we should ignore difficulties in our lives, I am saying I would like my free time I shortly to be good and entertaining for me, because I like being happy, not depressed. That is also the reason why I don't like bad endings. It's a matter of taste really, and I think like that.
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Post by Emily on Mar 21, 2016 10:44:03 GMT
I think that tragedies are a great way to explore the darker sides of our minds, as each person has. Whether we accept it or not, we all enjoy things that are not all happy-to-go with happy endings, such as horror stories or tragedies such as Hamlet. I would rather choose a life with both negatives and positives rather than an unexciting life with no changes anytime, because that is one of the reasons we live. We enjoy the positives of the day and despair from the negatives parts, but its the excitement from such happenings which drive us forward.
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Post by toufiq on Mar 22, 2016 13:14:04 GMT
I really liked the way you showed a positive reaction towards the tragic stories. Since they are fictional stories most of the time, it's really helpful to show others that life doesn't go on as we intend it to go. So we can actually connect to the characters from the story and also can prepare ourselves for a situation similar to that if it ever takes place.
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Post by Jonathan on Mar 23, 2016 9:31:26 GMT
I also think that tragedies are great fun, and a good way to prove that life is not always daisies and butterflies. Because tragedies are usually all fiction, we can enjoy them while at the same time learning about how hard life can truly be. Even though there may be difficulties and hardships in life, the feelings when they are overcome and when happier times come are better than ever.
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