Not getting bogged down in self-pity is a golden…
Not getting bogged down in self-pity is a golden rule of mental health. Accept the fact that life isn't perfect-yours or anyone else's.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Art of the Good Life: Clear Thinking for Business and a Better Life by Rolf Dobelli
In the book
So I will tell you what I have found to be true: nothing that feels bad is ever the last step. Self-pity. A golden rule of mental health is simply to accept that life is not perfect — not yours, not anyone's. Charlie Munger gave the iron prescription: whenever you feel some person or situation is ruining your life, look again, because it is usually you who are ruining your life, and feeling like a victim is a perfectly disastrous way to travel through it. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
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