47) Make a List of What You Have Endured…
- Make a List of What You Have Endured in Life That Has Made You Wiser We have all faced bad news, unpleasant feelings, and true hardship. Like death and taxes, these feelings are inevitable in life. It is actually pretty easy to remember these things, so make a list.
— from The Landing (Death) · Field Guide to Happiness: Finding Happiness in Its Natural Habitat by Barbara Ann Kipfer
In the book
Sit, at least once, in the imagined hospital bed and let it sort the urgent from the trivial. Make the list, too, of everything you have already endured that has made you wiser — it is its own kind of inventory of a life. One woman used her photographer's eye to help people choose the five objects, or five images, that best captured what their life had truly been about; do that for yourself, and then go live so the five are true. — The Landing (Death)
Also belongs to
- The Mind in the Cockpit
- Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)
- The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection)