第8讲 感激
things don’t necessarily happen for the best, it is possible to make the best of things that happen. Things will be ok, things will turn out fine. It may take a while until I see the benefit of it.
phenomenal or catastrophe 平凡无奇 非凡无比
prolonged 延长
telteprompters 屏幕提示机
One of the rules of the media in the civil society is to highlight wrongs that can be righted, to inspire people to act, to change, to make the world a better place.
bombarded 狂轰滥炸 belittle 贬低
bend the rules 通融一下
Our schema foucus on the negative
bashing 谴责
appreciating is important
Appreciate:
Valuing, the act of recognizing the best in people and the world around us, affirming past and present strengths and potentials, to perceive those things that give life health, vitality, excellence to living systems.
Frist meaning: to say “Thank you”
Second meaning: to increase in value
When we appreciate the good, the good appreciates.
What appreciating does, is in essence, create a growth sipral.
How do we correct the false schema:
societal level: create good news
individual level:
Renaissance
Aristotle once said that fiction is more important than history, because history depicts life as it is, whereas fiction depicts life as it can and ought to be.
depict 描绘
Miriam: they democratize excellence
crumbled 崩溃、坍塌
We adapt, and that’s a good thing, that’s an important thing. Because god help us all if we haven’t
When we adapt, we also take things for granted.
It’s a good thing when it comes to the negatives. And it’s not such a good thing when we take life for granted.
We are grateful for something, we do not, we no longer take it for granted.
How do we cultivate gratitude? …
This course is in many ways about life appreciation.
“Gratefulness is the measure of our aliveness, are we not dead to whatever we take for granted? Surely to be numb is to be dead”
