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It Is Difficult To Spread The Contagion Of Excitement Without Having A Sense Of Purpose And Direction.

People Who Are Optimistic See A Failure As Due To Something That Can Be Changed So That They Can Succeed Next Time Around, While Pessimists Take The Blame For The Failure, Ascribing It To Some Characteristic They Are Helpless To Change.

However, I Began Meditating At About That Time And Have Continued On And Off Over The Years.

Emotions Are Contagious. We've All Known It Experientially. You Know After You Have A Really Fun Coffee With A Friend, You Feel Good. When You Have A Rude Clerk In A Store, You Walk Away Feeling Bad.

Evolutionary Theory Holds That Our Ability To Sense When We Should Be Suspicious Has Been Every Bit As Essential For Human Survival As Our Capacity For Trust And Cooperation.