Professor William James, the father of applied psychology, has been dead for thirty- eight years. But if he were alive today, and could hear his formula for facing the worst, he would heartily approve it. How do I know that? Because he told his own students: “Be willing to have it so ... .Be willing to have it so,” he said, because ”... Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” The same idea was expressed by Lin Yutang in his widely read book, The Importance of Living. “True peace of mind,” said this Chinese philosopher, “comes from
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