Suddenly, she heard a loud bang, a thump and a scream that caused her to jump from the bed. The hair on the back of her neck stood straight up and her body became one big goosebump.
Contrary to what we usually believe, moments like these, the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times__lthough such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person__ body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is thus something that wemake happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last blockon a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage. For each person there are thousands of opportunities, challenges to expand ourselves.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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Contrary to what we usually believe, moments like these, the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times__lthough such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person__ body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is thus something that wemake happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last blockon a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage. For each person there are thousands of opportunities, challenges to expand ourselves.
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