But for this very reason, he is allergic to magical, wish-fulfillment thinking.
It got him thinking about fulfillment, about destiny.
And yet, to judge our own intentions against what we suppose to be their imperfect fulfillment, is a way of thinking that leads back to self-justification.
Similarly, when Charles Brockden Brown recorded his sudden infatuation with a law student in 1792, he was thinking not of possible sexual fulfillment but of Romantic ideals of friendship: "No sooner did I see and converse with him, than I felt myself attached to him by an inconceivable and irresistible charm that, like the lightning of love, left me not at liberty to pause or deliberate".
Sometimes this means adjusting our thinking processes in order to ensure success and fulfillment, such as by offering different pathways to achievement.
This way of being, thinking and working has brought me great joy, love and fulfillment.
Cheryl Grant spent decades of her life working herself into the ground, thinking that overtime pay would bring her the security and fulfillment she craved.
Madell's thinking there is that, while desires that will yield no pleasure at the time of their fulfillment fail to provide ultimate reasons for action, this will not be so with desires that are simultaneously satisfied.
And thinking, thinking, thinking".
Many of these shifts in thinking about fitness align closely with intrinsic motives for exercise,5 or those that focus upon revitalization of the self and/or personal enjoyment and fulfillment; such motivations have been linked with psychological well-being (Markland and Ingledew 1997).
