They don't deserve pity.

When I encounter unhappy people, I'm likely to look for a potential fix to their problems. So they can becone reasonably happy again. I even put solutions ahead of consoling 'em. Because I figure consoling is no more than a temporary patchwork thing. It doesn't do away with the root cause of their unhappiness. Maybe that's the reason I rub some unhappy people the wrong way. They want me to throw them a full-fledged pity party. And I suggest that they don't deserve pity. They deserve far more than that. An end to their troubles. --Jim Broede