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Originally Posted by z1freeride  Ok, I understand. (1st paragraph)
(3rd paragraph)... I didn't resist trying at all because my goals were so easy. I released the need to not look dumb in front of other people.
As far as acting as if.... why act when you can be? For example, instead of acting like your happy, you could be grateful for your blessings. DO things that create the positive emotion of happiness (or cheerfulness).
edit: this isn't directed to you Chado. After I read your post, your situation has more factors ... I was just making a more general statement. |
What if you take the word act as the meaning brought up in Keith's post?
It's not acting as if to be another person it is acting like to take action. Maybe it's better to write it like: Act...as if you were blah blah.
This implies to take action. Just like you say "DO things that create the positive emotion of happiness (or cheerfulness)".
Taking your example again, if you act like you are happy what would you be focusing on? Your focus would be on the things you would be happy about, like being "grateful for your blessings". Of coarse a happy person wouldn't be thinking about things that wouldn't make them happy like his breakup.
I hope this made some type of sense, because it was sure hard to write :P. What I'm basically trying to say is that IMO it seems both of your ideas are, in a way, very similar.