Whoever lives their life rightly experiences sorrow not as a problem, but as joy.
That's so hard to live by. Problems in their current state are named "problems" because that is what they are, or else they would be named "joyfulness". I don't necessarily enjoy having problems, but I do enjoy having joy. I guess by turning my problems into joy, then I can make my own joy. But then again. They just wouldn't be problems anymore. Wittgenstein seems to be able to grasp this concept better than I can.
It just seems like if I get in a car accident, I'm going to say "This sucks" as opposed to saying "Oh, What joy!" and even after the fact, looking back... I think I still would have preferred to have not gotten into the car accident at all, as opposed to having to deal with the PROBLEM of it all.
It would be nice to achieve a state of oblivion though. To where there are no worries or concerns, except for to satisfy the hunger of your belly. But then again, what kind of life is that? With no spontaneity. I might die.
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I couldn't tell if you were being serious or comical at the end. It is hard for any of us to live a life close to how Wittgenstein lives his. However, not impossible. It is true ones life might not be as dramatic if they were always looking at the world in a positive light, but I think that's what makes this idea so enticing. A drama free world? “Hi one ticket please!” LOL.
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