Human societies train people to keep a stiff upper lip and to be strong by which they mean the person should endure negative emotions. This is bad advice. Several branches of science have been studying human thriving. The results, when compiled, point to the fact that people thrive when they feel emotionally good and suffer when they do not.

~ Jeanine Joy

Jeanine Joy Be Strong Grit Hardiness Negative Emotion Resilience Stiff Upper Lip Suffering Thriving

It was pretty miserable wretches that minded at all whether they were wet or dry. He could not understand why such people had been born. It's nothing but damned eccentricity to want to be dry he would say. I've been wet more than half my life and never been a whit the worse for it.

~ Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness Dry Hardiness Humor Rain Weather Wet