Joy is connection... The more areas in your life you can make connection, the better.
George VaillantWe can laugh from either joy or happiness, but we weep only from grief or joy...Without the pain of farewell, there is no joy in reunion...without the pain of captivity, we don't experience the joy of freedom.
George VaillantIt is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.
George VaillantOur lives become the sum of all whom we have loved. It is important not to waste anyone. One task of living out the last half of life is excavating and recovering all of those whom we loved in the first half. Thus, the recovery of lost loves becomes an important way in which the past affects the present.
George Vaillant