Bittersweet: how sorrow and longing make us whole
(Audio CD)
Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy when beholding beauty. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death-bitter and sweet-are forever paired. A song in a minor key, an elegiac poem, or even a touching television commercial all can bring us to this sublime, even holy, state of mind-and, ultimately, to greater kinship with our fellow humans. But bittersweetness is not, as we tend to think, just a momentary feeling or event. It's also a way of being, a storied heritage. Our artistic and spiritual traditions - amplified by recent scientific and management research - teach us its power. Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know - or will know - loss and suffering, we can turn toward each other. And we can learn to transform our own pain into creativity, transcendence, and connection at a time of profound discord and personal anxiety.
Notes
Cain, S. (2022). Bittersweet: how sorrow and longing make us whole. Unabridged. [New York], Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cain, Susan. 2022. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. [New York], Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cain, Susan, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. [New York], Random House Audio, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cain, Susan. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Unabridged. [New York], Random House Audio, 2022.
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