“My father warned me that sadness cleaves to sadness, and that depressed people go around in hangdog packs.
Common disaster is the worst reason for a friendship.
In picking your friends, he said, you should consider what great things you can do together. You are assembling a team, he told me, not a teatime cozy of crybabies …
he made me promise never to become part of any orphans’ or bereaved sons’ club,
because sitting around in a circle of pity getting your worst qualities praised and reinforced was no way to move forward with a great life.
That is the way down, he said, making a roller-coaster motion with his hand,
but you shall go up.”
Chris Adrian, A Better Angel
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Some real wisdom there!