How Your Life Is Shaped by the Emotions You Want to Feel

If you walked down the greeting card aisle at an American store, looking for a sympathy card, you might see lots of colorful flowers and expressions of “May you find comfort” or “Love lives on.”

But in Germany, that section of the stationery store might look a little different. You’d see more black-and-white cards and expressions of “In deep sadness” or “Sharing your sorrow.”