Basically, except the part about dreams and less fatalistic. I would also re-emphasize choosing your attitude towards the givens and the indifference of the universe. Whatever your life situation, you can choose to respond with spite, scorn, and anything else up to and including a full on embrace of your givens. Growth can occur even in suffering.
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“How dare you! How dare you stand there acting like your brand of suffering is worse than anybody else’s. Well, I guess that’s the only way you can justify treating the rest of us like dirt.” ~ Major Margaret Houlihan (Mash)
“If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” ~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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