Bad things happen, but usually we do not feel their effects on us forever. It's really true that time heals wounds. Your disappointments are important and serious, but your distress will pass and
your life will take you in new directions. Give yourself some time.
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The day after Dan lost his election to be mayor of his hometown, he felt like a load of bricks had dropped on him. He felt that he was a failure.Almost thirty years later, Dan was asked about the things that defined him. Was the disappointment that had once sickened him first in his mind? No. His relationship with his wife,
his life as a father, his commitment to political progress—these were the things he mentioned. Did he feel like a failure?
Not at all. "Life is not wins and losses; it's how you live every day."
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Studies of thousands of Americans show that happy people are not immune to negative events. Instead, they are characterized by the ability to think about other things in the aftermath of negative events.Bless, Clore, Schwarz, and Golisano 1996
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