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“To each,” Winston Churchill would say, “there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” It’s more accurate to say that life has many of these moments, many such taps on the shoulder.”
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
“Another key process in the cycle of suffering is experiential avoidance. It is an immediate consequence of fusing with mental instructions that encourage the suppression, control, or elimination of experiences expected to be distressing.”
― Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
― Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
“Does the client experience life as merely imposed or rather as something he or she can author in a meaningful and ongoing way?”
― Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
― Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
“situations, by themselves, cannot be good or bad.”
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“99.9 PER CENT OF THE PHOTONS IN THE UNIVERSE DO NOT COME FROM STARS OR GALAXIES BUT ARE THE LEFTOVER HEAT OF THE BIG BANG”
― Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
― Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
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