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"It is an amazing source of goodness.
God, the source of goodness, has brought you to it and you can overcome the problems.
He uses words like "favouritest", shows unbridled enthusiasm for simple pleasures, displays improbable fondness for largely silent old people and is, generally speaking, an inexhaustible source of goodness in a dark and uncaring world.
A distinctly modern conception of selfhood thus encompasses a being who values freedom, who possesses inner depths that are deserving of exploration, who sees nature as a source of goodness and contact with it as renewing, who prizes authenticity and individuality, who affirms ordinary life, and who feels the pull of benevolence toward the suffering of others.
These strands of Taylor's modern self are sometimes complementary and sometimes contradictory: the ideal of freedom, for example, has historically been associated with technological control over the natural world, which puts it at odds with the more Romantic view of nature as a source of goodness and renewal.
Even if we were to accept this analysis of instrumental goodness, it is clear that we haven't yet located the conceptual source of goodness.
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By regularly dwelling in delight, we get better at noticing, remembering, and seeking sources of goodness in life.
But when we're really open to our current circumstances, those sources of goodness are so much easier to draw from, and they yield positive emotions.
Clearly that thing is itself a great good, since it is the source of the goodness of all other things.
When you acknowledge the goodness in your life, you begin to recognize that the source of that goodness lies at least partially outside yourself.
By acknowledging the goodness in their lives, expressing gratitude often helps people recognize that the source of that goodness lies at least partially outside themselves.
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