kong qi shi se? really?

is it really true that we are to live with nothing before we can be happy?

are those who give up their things, with grief and sadness and longing, trying to repress their emotions and deny themselves their feelings, truly happy in the end?

or is it rationalizing on a foolish mortal belief that self denial is a noble act that warrants happiness as an end in itself?

does it really mean that jesus had to strip himself bare and naked for all the barren and poor in the streets?

and why didn't He do that?