I think sadness is not a decision but there is a point in which it is indulgent to stay in our sadness. I feel that the point of indulgence is personal. Maybe some people who knows us can know where it is and give us a hand. However, i often feel that by the time we are able to get out of our sadness with someone’s help we can do it on our own. But of course it is so nice to have others by our side. And there i think it is where the indulgence is. When we know we could get out on our own but we wait for someone to come to rescue us because it feels nice.
Probably the strength is in leaving our sadness while verbalizing we want someone by our side. And to do so by giving them the freedom to leave whenever they feel it is their time. And by doing this, leaving the door open so they can come back to us.
Pablo