Hi zhugelongzhen, Here is my interpretation. -------- "One is not getting what one whats." - In our lives we often want many things. We yearn for them. We desire them. Saddness comes to our lives because we are not able to have what we want. Sometimes those things do not cost money, like attention or love. The first "tragedy" refers to the absence, or the missing things. "and the other is getting it." - In our lives we often want many things. But sometimes the things we want are not really good for us. They don't help us like we think they will help us. In fact, maybe those things will poison us. For example, maybe somebody wants a high paying job that makes a lot of money and he works really hard to get it. Finally he gets the new job, but his family is a mess. He does not talk to his wife or play with his children because he is always so busy. That is the second "tragedy." It is the tragedy of the unneeded, the unnecessary, or the wrong things.

Alternately, the tragedy of getting what one wants is that the actual object cannot compare to the concept of that object. So every thing that a person wants will be lessened by the very act of attaining it. In this way, getting what we want is a tragedy, because it is the disillusionment of a dream and can only ever disappoint.

Nothing to add ! GoodJob Kerry :-) ( A thumb Up )

Try reading Shakespeare's tragedies.