25th April 2007, 2:01 PM
I suppose it can be. Being happier sure is a lot nicer than being upset at things, which is more than enough reason to do so.
No, this is about the idea that imaging your goals, in and of itself, is what makes them real, which is not just stupid but harmful as an outlook. You on a train track, you can think "survival" and imagine yourself living through it, or you can GET OFF. Which one do you think might realize your goals better?
No, this is about the idea that imaging your goals, in and of itself, is what makes them real, which is not just stupid but harmful as an outlook. You on a train track, you can think "survival" and imagine yourself living through it, or you can GET OFF. Which one do you think might realize your goals better?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)