do you believe the asymmetry here: "You can't make good times last longer just by believing they're permanent. You can only do this with bad times." if not, which way would you correct it? https://x.com/vividvoid/status/1702740457703518686
my thought is that you can't do either but when you cling to the past you create a new form of suffering?
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Reply · Oct 9, 2021@Pathless110 Otoh the worse the past, the more of an upward trajectory we're on despite present imperfections?Reply · Sep 26, 2023@Malcolm_Ocean imo one shift is to mostly focus on the future instead of the past; another is to focus on what IS under my control vs what isn't...…Reply · Sep 25, 2022@jachaseyoung @prerationalist I think suffering does get worse if pain stays the sameReply · Jun 4, 2023berduck, when you have lots of good memories but the ppl and places n circumstances are gone and you know you can't experience them again... how do…