Why One, But Not the Other?

[wlotus]

There is a lot of angst and sadness and anger in the world, and I seem to be able to easily, instinctively absorb those feelings from others. I wonder why I do not internalize others' happiness in that way. Their happiness, while real to me, is always separate from my own feelings. In contrast, I feel their sadness as though it is my own.

Comments

[lilrongal.livejournal.com]

Seems to me that bad stuff just happens to have a stronger, more lingering effect. It's just like burning and incense and then a cat poops. The cat poop smell just cancels out the incense and lasts for what seems like hours, even if you get a new one going. Seems like bad stuff just wants to hang around--it's up to us to try to kick them out. That's challenging!