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A note from Dr. Hendrix
Happiness is better than sadness, no question, and yet sadness has always moved me more — it is the state that actually makes me listen and change. This piece sits with that paradox. I wrote it because our low moments, uncomfortable as they are, tend to be where the real growing quietly happens.
— Dr. Roger Hendrix · We share these stories so you can know the family behind GreenTeaHP.
I’ve been happy
. . . I’ve been sad.
Happy
is better than sad,
but sad
moves me more than happy.
When I’m happy,
I try to stay in that state.
When I’m sad,
I’m miserable, and work to end my awful state.
When people are only slightly
happy In this middling state,
they do not try in the slightest
to change that state.
But, when in an inwardly sad
state,
they listen to any idea that may improve that inwardly sad
state.
How do I know such things? As I said, I’ve been happy
And I’ve been sad.
Happy
Is better than sad,
but I don’t work to change happy,
however, I work very hard to change sad.