Yeah, although I think the mental attitude helps support whatever you turn to for instant mood gratification. Without that, I'd probably end up ruminating or obsessing over what went wrong, and any attempt to shift gears would be thwarted. Although, sometimes you can channel that energy into something, like anger and working out. Some of my best workouts have come out of anger, lol.
"How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
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