“Living rightly in all things means correctly perceiving, understanding, evaluating, and acting in regard to ourselves and others, our environment, and all of reality.”
— In the Spirit of Happiness, The Monks of New Skete
In the light of yesterday’s diary entry about feeling invigorated after
“What does this have to do with a book on depression? Well, it turns out that people literally become clinically depressed when they feel like they can’t control their lives and their environment. And Seligman, a pioneer in the field [of depression], has found that one of the most effective known
non-drug therapies for depression is encouraging people to take small steps to exert control over their environments.”
— Joel Spolsky