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Why Bittersweet Emotions Underscore Life’s Beauty | Susan Cain | TED

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June 23, 2022

Life is a constant state of both joy and sorrow, dark and light, bitter and sweet. In a meditative conversation, author Susan Cain explores how being attuned to the bittersweetness of life — and being fully present for both the happy times and the sad times — helps us navigate love and loss and connect to the “insane beauty” of the world. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)

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K

June 23, 2022 at 11:10 am

she should go on chad and jt podcast

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Barry Kort

June 23, 2022 at 11:15 am

The complement of inherited grief is inherited fears.

Emotions are the instrument panel on the dashboard of life.

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Nemesis Brzeczyszczykiewicz

June 23, 2022 at 11:22 am

There is no beauty in this world.

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- Mert Kırımgeri
  
  June 23, 2022 at 11:33 pm
  
  “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering”. True, there is no beauty in the world, but the beauty within the way we perceive and interpret it.
  
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ikkedansk

June 23, 2022 at 11:23 am

incoherent nonsense and babble

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June 23, 2022 at 11:23 am

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Nadah Mekhlef

June 23, 2022 at 11:40 am

Life is mirror with two side.

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Thankful Lally

June 23, 2022 at 11:44 am

Super genius. Great work.

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Jess Mason

June 23, 2022 at 11:46 am

Sorrow and joy both have emotional power or value. Sadness or grief can be extremely motivational for positive change. (Get so upset or moved to make changes necessary or not make the same mistake.”I’ll never do that again.” ) The same with joy. Experiencing that state of mind is overwhelming and we learn to strive for that emotion. You can either become bitter or positive. The choice is yours to make with your choices in life are where you end up… Better make it a good one. ✌ I guess that’s is very stoic. 😎

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Laurie Nichols

June 23, 2022 at 12:01 pm

Thank you Susan, as a fellow introvert, I have learned so much from you. Keep inspiring the world!

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AyşeGöçer

June 23, 2022 at 12:07 pm

❤

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MrLoobu

June 23, 2022 at 12:08 pm

There is bitter and sweet, but they don’t usually mix. They are mostly forgotten amongst the love and hate, ecstasy and suffering, underpinned always with deep mystery that almost no one puts voice to but everyone feels.

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June 23, 2022 at 12:46 pm

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Whysguy

June 23, 2022 at 1:09 pm

Not everyone can demonstrate the ability of an empath. Narsacists, egotistical, sociopaths, and psychopaths have a common thread coursing through their psyche. These personality disorders have a propensity for domination. Hence the idiom that the brain is the best defence over brawn. I advise anyone who works in a toxic environment is get to know the players for the players’ sake. Promoting someone whose goals are oriented to serve a single actor.

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Jacob Solace

June 23, 2022 at 1:42 pm

Emotion is the limitation, shaping, coloring, and distortion of Feeling by fear, anxiety, sorrow, despair, loneliness, shame, guilt, confusion, contradictions, addictions, ambition, competition, vanity, envy, greed, jealousy, attachment, possessiveness, ill-will, hatred, cruelty, bias, prejudice, and all other mental afflictions/disturbances.

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- Jacob Solace
  
  June 23, 2022 at 1:42 pm
  
  Emotions prevent Perception.
  Emotions prevent Clarity.
  Emotions prevent Communication.
  Emotions prevent Connection.
  Emotions prevent Communion.
  Emotions prevent Relationship.
  Emotions prevnt Beauty.
  Emotions prevent Love.
  
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- Jacob Solace
  
  June 23, 2022 at 1:43 pm
  
  Emotions make you inhuman. Feeling makes you Human.
  
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- Jacob Solace
  
  June 23, 2022 at 1:46 pm
  
  Total Freedom from emotions doesn’t take time. It had nothing whatsoever to do with time, effort, or choice. It occurred faster than the speed of light.
  
  The children are ready to be set Totally Free at the earliest age so they don’t waste their entire lives with any mental afflictions.
  
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June 23, 2022 at 1:53 pm

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Leah Smith

June 23, 2022 at 2:42 pm

This is a lot of my thought process recently

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June 23, 2022 at 3:23 pm

Thank you for this wonderful video.

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June 23, 2022 at 3:32 pm

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June 23, 2022 at 5:08 pm

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- J2TMFA
  
  June 23, 2022 at 5:12 pm
  
  You put some of my most deepest meditative thoughts about life into words for me😭this has given me a way to explore more paths within myself more gracefully. Thank you for this!!! 🤙💞🤙
  
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Raquel C. C.

June 23, 2022 at 9:54 pm

Susan is one of my favorite authors, I’m so glad to hear her talking about such an important topic ❤️

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Sina Madani

June 24, 2022 at 12:31 pm

I wish more people were willing to reflect on life in this capacity and search for meaning with the level of enthusiasm and curiosity that Susan displays here.

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eldiaz

June 25, 2022 at 12:47 am

This was a lovely video, thank you! And to think I almost didn’t watch it, off to buy multiple copies of the book now.

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ChillFox

June 25, 2022 at 7:19 am

Susan inspired me just with this 16 minute interview, I didn’t know about her before, I love how she’s passionate about trying to figure out the right philosophy and understand of life, how she took some of the dark moments of her life as a headstart to learning even more about the existence of the human being.

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June 27, 2022 at 3:21 am

I first watched her ted talk …the power of introverts” and from her talk i realised how she was raised by her family …and how proud she was of her family’s bringing up…i can feel her pain of her fathers and brothers death…i feel so sorry for her . 🙁

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