Reality-check—Greener Grass and Multiple Truths

Joan Marques

Chapter 4 in Courage in the Twenty-First Century: The Art of Successful Job Transition, 2013, pp 31-39 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Most people think that the way they see the world is the only reality. They have a hard time grasping the fact that their reality is boxed in by the mental, cultural, religious, and other similar baggage that they carry. It takes courage to face this. Similarly, it takes courage to understand that other people’s lives may seem brighter than ours, but it need not necessarily be happier. The grass often seems greener on the other side of the fence, but usually that turns out to be a figment of our imagination. Regarding our own reality: we can never fully escape disappointments, but we can reduce their intensity. When we realize that everything has a beginning and an end, we can prepare ourselves for greater acceptance of perceptional and situational differences.

Keywords: Young Brother; Great Acceptance; Front Porch; Vipassana Meditation; Multiple Truth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137379542_4

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