Do you need sadness to know happiness?

[Matthead012]

I constantly wonder why sadness is a part of our existence whenever I have a bad day. Why do we need to be depressed? Even though I'm happy right now, I know that happiness won't last forever and will eventually give way to melancholy. Why is it that without grief, pleasure is impossible?

The explanation is that there is no such thing as eternal happiness. A necessary feeling that we can't turn off is sadness. In spite of being able to, we shouldn't desire to. In order to appreciate and be grateful for the happy times in our lives more, we need to experience grief in our lives.

[trippie]

I do not think so

[Rickuda]

However, as always, everything is known in comparison. ,,Rene Decart"
or was it "Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche"?

[Gormicsta]

The bible has make us to understand that God created everything to have the opposite in this world and in our life, without sadness we won't know happiness exist likewise if happiness only exist, we won't know about sadness so it's everything in this world. Such as man need woman and vice versa.
So without one, I don't think the other will exist. Everything has its own opponent.

[Chilwell]

Without sadness, we will not know the value of happiness. everything in this world has an opposite so that we should appreciate the good things that come to our way. The existence of sadness in life allows us to understand  the beauty of every good memories we had, Sadness fosters gratitude for joyful memories and teaches us to cherish them.  Whenever we experienced sadness or through experiencing sorrow, we gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to be truly happy.

[libert19]

I constantly wonder why sadness is a part of our existence whenever I have a bad day. Why do we need to be depressed? Even though I'm happy right now, I know that happiness won't last forever and will eventually give way to melancholy. Why is it that without grief, pleasure is impossible?

The explanation is that there is no such thing as eternal happiness. A necessary feeling that we can't turn off is sadness. In spite of being able to, we shouldn't desire to. In order to appreciate and be grateful for the happy times in our lives more, we need to experience grief in our lives.

Let me argue with something. We all sleep, we all experience happiness therein, we only realise hours have passed upon waking up, so sleep itself is timeless — now, if there is such thing as wakeful sleep, would you call it a permanent happiness?

[albon]

We all have more or less sadness in our lives and it can come in different ways, such as financial crisis, loneliness, physical or emotional problems. In fact, just as happiness and peace do not come for a long period of time so do sorrows and end after a while. For example if you will lose in your business and you will suffer emotional and financial loss due to which you will be sad. But whenever you get rid of loss and enter profit situation you will feel happiness. Because of this happiness is impossible without suffering so the happiness of success achieved within your suffering. Only through suffering will you experience true happiness as success is considered the result of suffering.

[Rruchi man]

The explanation is that there is no such thing as eternal happiness. A necessary feeling that we can't turn off is sadness. In spite of being able to, we shouldn't desire to. In order to appreciate and be grateful for the happy times in our lives more, we need to experience grief in our lives.

Someone who knows only happiness will never appreciate it. Knowing some sadness will help you appreciate happiness better. They are like two sides of a coin, sadness and happiness, recognizing that one cannot exist without the other will help you through many situations. For instance, when you are going through a tough period in life where you feel like there is no hope, take consolation knowing that sadness never continues, and so long as you do not give up, there is a big chance to be happy shortly after .

[bisdak40]

Sadness is just part of life it’s like needing the dark to see the light which makes the good times feel so much better. Without the bad days, we wouldn’t appreciate the good ones. It sucks, but it’s what keeps life real and helps us grow.

[_act_]

We don't have to suffer before we can be rich to enjoy life, some are there without knowing anything that causes others to be where they are, we shouldn't expect to always have it in the hard way, we can make it right from the start of all things, happiness is what everyone of us want, we can have it when we are walking in such direction that could favour us towards having it without having to go through any form of sadness.