I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
AttitudeHappinessMindsetPerspectiveResilienceResponseWell being
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Happiness depends more on our response to life events than on the events themselves.
- In plain terms
- Your attitude matters more than what happens to you.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on managing your reactions to life events.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much control do you have over your reactions?
- Can attitude truly override circumstance?
Another view
Some events are too traumatic for attitude alone to overcome.
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