Dr. Ellen Langer
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And they thought they understood it.
And I said, no, because I hadn't written the book yet.
Do you ever experience regret?
Do you ever experience disappointment?
Do you ever procrastinate?
All of these things rely on not understanding what I'm actually saying.
That if you say everything is good and bad, what they mean is this thing maybe has six good things and four bad things, which means net-net it's more good than bad.
I'm saying each of those things.
is not good or bad, can be understood as good or bad.
And so life becomes what we make it.
Shakespeare said this.
Others have said it.
There are songs and movies about it.
People just need to embrace it.
It's raining.
It's a sing in the rain.
You know, who decided rain?
You know, so, oh my God, when I was a kid, I didn't want to go to school because my hair would curl.
Now curls are in, who knew?
But why did I have to accept?