While striving to change the course of history we cannot wish away the constraints that the past has burdened us with; to do so would lead only to frustration and disillusion. Knowledge of these forces that determine consciousness and action, however, can make it possible for us to become liberated from them: to become free to decide what to think, what to feel, and how to act.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Source: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly - The Evolving Self

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Published on January 12, 2025.

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