there is great investment in misery

“Misery makes you capable of attracting people's attention. 

Whenever you are
miserable you are attended to, 

sympathized with, loved. Everybody starts taking care of 

you. Who wants to hurt a miserable person? Who is jealous 

of a miserable person? Who
wants to be antagonistic to a 

miserable person? That would be too mean.The 

miserable person is cared for, loved, attended to. There is 

great investment in
misery.” 

[Osho {Rajneesh} {1931-1990}, from 'Diogenes and the Dog' in The Book of Wisdom]