“Making a painting is like having sex for a month or something. Then I go through this period of elation at finishing the work. Then you drop off - you know, 'post-coital man is sad,' as the old saying goes.” KnowsMenSexSadnessPaintingMonthsPeriodsPostsFinishingHaving SexOld SayingElation Author:Tim Zuck
“Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again. Please learn that as you wrestle with a challenge and feel sadness because of it, you can simultaneously have peace and rejoicing.” WayGivingFeelsTryingMatterAblePeaceChallengesLordSadnessPeriodsPleaseConcernAdversityWorthyAppropriateWhere You AreRejoice Author:Richard G. Scott
“Your perspective is vital to your happiness. Some, blind to the bountiful opportunities around them, live lives of sadness and despair with brief moments of joy. Be alive to the abundant potential that surrounds you so that you live a life of peace and happiness with periods of challenging growth.” MomentsJoyOpportunityGrowthChallengesAliveSadnessPerspectivePeriodsDespairBlindLive LifeSurroundPeace And HappinessBrief Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“To me it comes naturally, the peaks and valleys, sadness with happiness. I've definitely had periods, maybe, where I haven't been happy. Whether it's from a breakup or the good, old-fashioned blues - but I wouldn't say clinically depressed.” SadnessHavensPeriodsBreakupValleysOld FashionedPeaks And Valleys Author:Luke Wilson
“I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindInterestingSadnessPeriodsDepressionProfoundHeartachePeople With DepressionProfound Sadness Author:Richard Marx
“Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands.” IfsMaySometimesSadnessPeriodsSadDemandDepressionEndureIllumination Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.” ShouldLongHardChallengesSadnessEventsPeriodsDisappointmentSevereLong Periods Of TimeEvents In Life Author:Richard G. Scott