Sadness runs a spectrum from = "I'm so sad this great day has to end" all the way to "I am sad and "Heart-broken" . We feel sad when our Heart "breaks" but Sadness allows for "Consolation", we can be "consoled" . I don't believe that Sorrow allows Consolation--- . We say , "We are "Sorrow STRICKEN", Literally, We are STRUCK by Sorrow, and I contend that it is not just our Heart that Feels its Effects, but it is, rather, our SOUL .
In the same way that Sadness is the Cause of a "Heavy Heart", so it is that Sorrow somehow "deadens" our Soul, and perhaps here "Leaden" is a better choice, Sorrow LEADENS our Soul and somehow becomes a part of our Being, unlike Sadness, which can be ---> dispelled .
To be stricken by Sorrow means to be transformed --- we say, "I will never be the same" . Indeed, once stricken by Sorrow we DO "Change", most often this Change is for the Better , we make vows that protect us from the Pain of Suffering, we say, "Well I'll never do THAT again." And for the most part, these vows DO INDEED Protect us . The Vows AFFIRM and STRENGTHEN our Inner Resolve to AVOID SUFFERING or at the very least to NEUTRALIZE the Effects of Sorrow in such a way that allows us to LESSEN its weight, {Sorrow as BURDEN} .
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