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I believe the main point was to isolate your emotional state from impacts, and not to "be happy about bad things." You have to maintain your well-being in the
by pestaa 15y ago
I believe the main point was to isolate your emotional state from impacts, and not to "be happy about bad things."
You have to maintain your well-being in the long term by being friend to good people and, well, not being shot, but in the short-term reinforcing positive thinking might just save you from a worse situation.
- maxerickson 15y agoI had a similar thought recently, that it is a good thing to accept my emotional reactions, but that I did not have to embrace them. (further explanation would involve rambling about the reaction being part of who I am but the embracing making it a bigger part of who I am)