“Small children cannot say what they want to be later because they don’t really understand what later means.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
“When we imagine future circumstances, we fill in details that won’t really come to pass and leave out details that will. When we imagine future feelings, we find it impossible to ignore what we are feeling now and impossible to recognize how we will think about the things that happen later.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
“anticipating unpleasant events can minimize their impact.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
“The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.”
― Stumbling on Happiness: An insightful neuroscience self-help psychology book on cognitive enhancement and human behavior
― Stumbling on Happiness: An insightful neuroscience self-help psychology book on cognitive enhancement and human behavior
“the feeling of control—whether real or illusory—is one of the wellsprings of mental health.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
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