Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human beings can assign meaning to experiences that either limit or empower their lives.
- In plain terms
- How you interpret life events can help or hurt you.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose meanings that empower your life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What meaning do you give your struggles?
- How does interpretation affect you?
Another view
Not all experiences can be reinterpreted easily.
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