"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with the spring." - George Santayana
Now I am in love with spring and summer, but I think George is getting at the usefulness of living in the present, trying to find the learning or even beauty in the things that are less pleasant.
Sometimes I can fend off a bad mood by asking "Why is this happening? What's the eventual joy that this could lead to?" Sometimes the answer is just the strength that grows from gritting it out, as much as any weightlifting would.
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