Turning Suffering Into Tears of Joy | Happiness Podcast
Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness
The Living Hour
4.0 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Listen to episode 1064 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Overcome Self-Pity. Adapted from Health Through Will Power by Dr. James J. Walsh.
Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Aristotle declared that tragedy purges life, that is, that only through the lens of death and misfortune can one see life free from the dross of the sordid and merely material to which it is attached. His meaning was that tragedy lifts us above the selfishness of mere individualism. And by showing us the misfortunes of others, it prepares us to struggle against whatever misfortunes might come, as they almost inevitably will. At the same time, tragedy lifts us above the trifles of daily life into a higher, broader sphere of living, where we better realize our true selves and powers.
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| 1:22.6 | Inspirational Living podcast. |
| 1:40.2 | Today's podcast has been edited and adapted from the book entitled Health Through Willpower |
| 1:45.4 | by Dr. James J. Walsh, published in 1919. |
| 1:58.3 | The worst break that we can place on the will to be healthy and well is undoubtedly the habit that some people have of pitying themselves, |
| 2:07.6 | and feeling that they are eminently deserving of the pity of others because of the trials, real or supposed, which they have to undergo. |
| 2:19.3 | Instead of realizing how much better off they are than the great majority of people, for most |
| 2:24.3 | typical self-pityers are not real subjects for pity, they keep looking at those whom they |
| 2:30.3 | fondly supposed to be happier than themselves, and then proceed to get into a mood of |
| 2:36.0 | commiseration with themselves because of their less fortunate situation. |
| 2:41.0 | Just as soon as men or women assume this state of mind, it becomes extremely difficult |
| 2:48.0 | for them to stand any real trials that appear in their lives, |
| 2:52.6 | or maintain any feeling of robust energy. |
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