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#### [[Depression is past focused, hopelessness is future focused]]
[[Congruent Depression]] comes from observing your life up to this point and being disappointed.
[[Hopelessness]] is giving up on your own ability to affect your life.
- [[Hope is not optimism it is a practice for producing change]]
- [[You can't control what happens]]
- [[The most reliable path to success is repeatedly trying to succeed]]
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**Status**:: #EVER/SEED
*edited January 19, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[depression]], [[hopelessness]], [[human advancement]], [[self-actualization]]