When I am really enjoying myself, I call it…

When I am really enjoying myself, I call it 'special tone. Peter has written at some length about this phenomenon, portray-ing it as "a different reality, one in which I am fully alive, fully focused, where each second is a ripe fruit bursting with juice. "4 He thinks that under the right circumstances you experience "special time" as periods of hyperreality, transcendent moments that burn in your memory.

— from Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion) · Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment by Gregory Berns, MD, Ph.D.

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And don't wait to feel like it: we don't laugh because we're happy so much as we become happy because we laugh — the action itself summons the feeling. When you are truly absorbed in the moment, time changes texture — there are stretches when I feel fully alive and fully focused, where each second is a ripe fruit bursting with juice. Spend yourself on the right things. Buy experiences, not possessions — shared moments contribute far more to lasting happiness than another object will. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)

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