"In his memoirs, Bertrand Russell described what made life worth living for him: the search for knowledge, a longing for love, an empathy with those who are suffering"- Unwinding the Clock by Bodil Jonsson p. 87

I wonder if thoughts like that can coexist with our think happy thoughts and good things will happen culture. We can't feel empathy with the suffering without feeling negative emotions, and both love and knowledge have agony as well as joy contained within.