If we can overcome the tendency to fixate on the negative emotion, it is possible to feel kindness again. This is leading life according to windhorse, which runs on virtue. Much of the time we can feel what is virtuous because it feels good. It nourishes us. Think of how you feel when you’re able to smile at a neighbor even though you’ve just received bad news. It uplifts your spirits. Now compare that to how you feel when you lose it and yell at your friend. It causes more pain, and brings you down. Acting out the negativity is a sign that we are pained by our seemingly deficient qualities,
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