"He believes that if one always works as hard as they can, there is no room for regret in a life."
"Study after study has shown that people who are prone to worrying have higher and earlier mortality rates than those who have learned how to curb this behavior."
"A person creates a balanced life through their relationships, passions, and daily experiences. Money is necessary to take care of yourself and your family, but unnecessary riches? They won’t make you closer to your friends or more connected with your children."
"To make sure they know how she feels, Cathy often writes notes or calls her friends and family to tell them they are cherished, to tell them she is grateful to have them in her life."
"She values it because she knows that she’s lucky to have it. That’s the power of gratitude. It enables us to look at our lives, even when things aren’t going according to plan, and to feel good about what we do have rather than focusing on the things we don’t have."
"Yes, Cathy has a lot to teach us about what it means to choose the life we want, to continue to grow as a person, and how important it is to keep our childhood passions alive within us."
"But Emery is not a person who gives up. He’s a born optimist, a trait that probably saved his life during the war."
"Emery has shown that resilience and optimism can get a person through even the most difficult circumstances and continue to aid that person once their life has normalized."
| "Our past is always a part of us, but our present and future, that’s forever ours to mold." |  |
"If we all treat every problem as something we want to resolve and work to see things from the other person’s perspective, conflict resolution becomes a collaborative process."
"If I can do something about it, I call on my force; I
do everything humanly possible to solve the problem. If I can’t do something
about it, I go to sleep. If I can’t do anything about it, what’s the sense
of killing myself or destroying my
disposition, not only my own but of everyone around me?”"
"So not only were active people more likely than non-active people to survive, but those who were alive and active when we followed up had reached old age in good shape, without evidence of depression or of cognitive or functional problems. In other words they were able to move about and do their business without significant assistance—looking after their finances, looking after themselves, looking after their house, etc., and they did not have any evidence of mental illness.”"
"The finding that purpose in life is related to longevity in older persons suggests that aspects of human flourishing—particularly the tendency to derive meaning from life’s experiences and possess a sense of intentionality and goal directedness—contribute to successful aging."
"The beautiful thing about purpose is that it always gives us a reason to get up in the morning."
"When we have purpose, our task is never quite complete so it always needs attention. It’s a lifelong goal or way of living that we aspire to."
Quotes of wisdom by Ali Berman
Choosing
a Good Life
