Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

 

"I'm beginning to think that unhappiness is one of the simple things in life: a pure, basic emotion to be respected, if not savoured. I would never dream of suggesting that we should wallow in misery or shrink from doing everything we to can alleviate it, but I do think it's instructive...If we don't allow ourselves the fundamental honesty of our own sadness, then we miss an important cue to adapt."