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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou This
by chubot 2y ago
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
This applies to so many things ... people don't remember what happened, or what's true. They remember how they felt! [1]
And it makes from a psychological perspective - emotions are basically an evolutionary shortcut for remembering. You can compress a 5- or 10-year experience into an imprecise feeling
[1] For anybody who thinks they are rational or objective, try keeping a journal for a few decades, and then reading it. Your memory is very selective!