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Who Does Not Recall School At Least In Part As Endless Dreary Hours Of Boredom Punctuated By Moments Of High Anxiety?

The Task Of Worrying Is To Come Up With Positive Solutions For Life's Perils By Anticipating Dangers Before They Arise. If We Are Preoccupied By Worries, We Have That Must Less Attention To Expend On Figuring Out The Answers. Our Worries Become Self-fulfilling Prophecies, Propelling Us Toward The Very Disaster They Predict.

Emotional Self-awareness Is The Building Block Of The Next Fundamental Emotional Intelligence: Being Able To Shake Off A Bad Mood.

While There I Began To Study The Asian Religions As Theories Of Mind.

Self-absorption In All Its Forms Kills Empathy, Let Alone Compassion. When We Focus On Ourselves, Our World Contracts As Our Problems And Preoccupations Loom Large. But When We Focus On Others, Our World Expands. Our Own Problems Drift To The Periphery Of The Mind And So Seem Smaller, And We Increase Our Capacity For Connection - Or Compassionate Action.