Many of these studies have concluded that the more we deceive ourselves about our lovers—the more we believe our partners are kind and generous and beautiful, for example—the happier our relationships will be.
“[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)”
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
“...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)”
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
“[T]hose who insist they've got their 'shit together' are usually standing in it at the time. (16)”
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
― A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
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