The very highest states-of awe and joy, wonder and love, meaning and creativity-emerge from this bittersweet nature of reality. We experience them not because life is perfect-but because it's not. (Susan Cain)

The very highest states-of awe and joy, wonder and love, meaning and creativity-emerge from this bittersweet nature of reality. We experience them not because life is perfect-but because it's not.

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