ANOTHER GREAT TEDtalk BY JOHANN HARI. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. HE HAS A VERY SIMPLE and CLEAR WAY OF EXPLAINING MANY THINGS THAT INTEREST ME. (MANY ANECDOTES.)
A MAN HAD HIS LEG BLOWN OFF WHILE WORKING IN A RICE FIELD. HE WAS FITTED WITH A PROSTHETIC SO HE COULD GO BACK TO WORK. THE PAIN OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF WATER NOW MADE HIS PROSTHETIC LEG TO BE UNBEARABLE. HE WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS, MANY TIMES, FROM THE PAIN. THE BRAINSTORMING SOLUTION WAS THAT HE WAS THEN GIVEN A ''COW'' INSTEAD TO CHANGE OCCUPATIONS. THE ''COW'' BECAME AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT FOR THE SITUATION. HE BECAME A DAIRY FARMER WHICH WAS MUCH BETTER FOR HIM AND MUCH, LESS PAINFUL. LIFE WAS MORE LIVEABLE AGAIN. HE WAS GIVEN A COW TO ADDRESS A CERTAIN NEED. THROUGH LISTENING, THIS SOLUTION TO MEET THE NEED THEY WERE DEALING WITH, CAME ABOUT.
JUST LIKE JUNK FOODS HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR LIVES AND MADE US PHYSICALLY SICK, WE HAVE A KIND OF JUNK VALUES THAT HAS MADE US MENTALLY SICK, ALSO. WE HAVE A SORT OF ''KFC OF THE SOUL.'' WE LIVE IN A MACHINE THAT GETS US TO NEGLECT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
OUR DEPRESSION IS A SIGNAL AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO LISTEN TO IT. IF WE DO THIS WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE ''COWS'' WAITING ALL AROUND US...AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BECAUSE OF THEM. THE JUNK VALUES WILL NO LONGER RULE OUR LIVES AS THEY DO.
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