By Marissa Carrasco
Sadness is a natural human emotion that we all experience many times in our life. There is no avoiding it, and sometimes it stays around awhile. We can’t get rid of sadness but we can learn to change our relationship with it.
When people are sad, whether it be a family member passing away, a friend/someone you care for betraying you, not making a sports team, not passing a test, having a partner leave you, most of the time you can't change what happened. It's already happened, it's in the past and there is nothing you could do to change it.
Usually when something devastating happens, people get sad and that's okay. But when you really think about it what's the point in staying sad? I see it as a waste of time now, but don't get me wrong I've felt sadness before.
A time I was sad was when my great grandma passed away during January 2018 at 92 years old. I’d go to her house pretty much everyday. I’d give her baths and make sure she was taken care of and had everything she needed.
I knew the time was coming when I’d have to say goodbye and let go, so I suppose since I was expecting it, it didn't hit me as hard. When she passed away I cried and I was sad but I wasn't as sad as I thought I was going to be, something in me focused on the bright side. I told myself she's in a better place and isn't suffering anymore. Thinking this way helped me better deal with the pain.
For a long time I didn't think this way. I thought it was the end of the world whenever something bad happened. But I now understand I have a whole life ahead of me, and time flys.
Sadness is a natural human emotion that we all experience many times in our life. There is no avoiding it, and sometimes it stays around awhile. We can’t get rid of sadness but we can learn to change our relationship with it.
When people are sad, whether it be a family member passing away, a friend/someone you care for betraying you, not making a sports team, not passing a test, having a partner leave you, most of the time you can't change what happened. It's already happened, it's in the past and there is nothing you could do to change it.
Usually when something devastating happens, people get sad and that's okay. But when you really think about it what's the point in staying sad? I see it as a waste of time now, but don't get me wrong I've felt sadness before.
A time I was sad was when my great grandma passed away during January 2018 at 92 years old. I’d go to her house pretty much everyday. I’d give her baths and make sure she was taken care of and had everything she needed.
I knew the time was coming when I’d have to say goodbye and let go, so I suppose since I was expecting it, it didn't hit me as hard. When she passed away I cried and I was sad but I wasn't as sad as I thought I was going to be, something in me focused on the bright side. I told myself she's in a better place and isn't suffering anymore. Thinking this way helped me better deal with the pain.
For a long time I didn't think this way. I thought it was the end of the world whenever something bad happened. But I now understand I have a whole life ahead of me, and time flys.