Monday 23 August 2010

The wind blows the leaves but it still has peace

This was a Rastafarian explaining a little of life to me. I am the
leaf as are you. The wind rocks us and the stillness is broken, but
eventually the leaf returns to peace.

The wisdom of the Rastafarians is becoming well evidenced. The hedonic
treadmill theory states the same thing. Good things and bad things
happen but their effects are transitory.
(http://dmschreiber.ucsd.edu/Teacher/SubstantiveTeachingAreas/CoursesTaught/Spring2008/192/Readings/Diener%202006.pdf)

The leaf returns to peace.

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