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You can live in the reality-tunnel imprinted upon you by environmental accident or you can choose your own.
Prometheus Rising
Robert Anton Wilson
Three truths about progress:
1) Rarely linear and often deceptive: sometimes peaks hit when you least expect them; same goes for valleys.
2) Demands patience AND willingness to change; a plan and roadmap AND adaptability.
3) Runs on action yet requires rest.
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The researchers then counted how often four major themes appeared in people’s stories:
• Agency—Did the subjects feel able to influence and respond to events in life, or did they feel battered around by the whims of external forces?
• Communion—Are the people connected to others or disconnected?
• Redemption—Did the subjects take a negative experience and find some positive outcome?
• Contamination—Did they tell narratives of good things turning bad?
The researchers found that when people displayed higher levels of agency, communion and redemption and lower levels of contamination, their mental health improved. They consider good mental health to be low levels of depression and high levels of life satisfaction and psychological and social well-being.
It’s Healthy to Put a Good Spin on Your Life
wsj.com
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