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Namely: lasting love is something a person has to decide to experience. Lifelong monogamous devotion is just not natural—not for women even, and emphatically not for men. It requires what, for lack of a better term, we can call an act of will.
The Moral Animal
Robert Wright
Third, you learn to make different explanations, called reattributions, and use them to dispute your automatic thoughts.
Learned Optimism
Martin E.P. Seligman
Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don’t believe them. Don’t believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. “Give me back my wife. Give me back my job. Give me back my money. Give me back my reputation, my success.” This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That’s all. Even the best psychologist will tell you that, that people don’t really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful.
Awareness
Anthony De Mello and J. Francis Stroud
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