The refining of our discriminations and appreciations seems to increase 

 our satisfactions in every type of human experience; yet the capacity to enjoy 

 goes with the capacity to suffer. • 



Feehngs of insecurity and anxiety interfere with activities and situations 

 that might otherwise be very satisfying. 



Through our imagination we are able to feel the satisfactions and anxieties 

 of other people, as well as those of fantasy. 



If one's goals are too easily attained, he will get relatively little out of life; 

 if one attempts the impossible, he not only may be disappointed, but may 

 make himself ridiculous. 



Our strivings are for values and each of us has to learn what is of most 

 worth to him: we sacrifice immediate satisfactions for greater ones more 

 remote; we do many things that are in themselves uninteresting or even un- 

 pleasant, because we consider them necessary for achieving the major satis- 

 factions. 



, Man is a social organism: he lives in groups and gets pleasures and satis- 

 factions from others, as well as obstructions and irritations. 



What one does "for others" he really does for himself, or for that larger 

 self of which he feels himself a part. 



We learn to consider what is in the long run of greatest worth, including 

 the welfare of others involved in the consequences of our acts. 



EXPLORATIONS AND PROJECTS 



1 To see how far the physical state of an organism influences responsiveness to 

 stimulation, 



a. Compare the responses of hungry animals and well-fed animals to food or to 

 other objects. (A single animal might be studied before and after a meal.) 



b. Compare the behavior of a hungry and a well-fed animal (dog or cat) when 

 invited to play, or when teased. 



If there is an opportunity to visit a menagerie at different times, compare the be- 

 havior of caged animals in response to stimulations of various kinds before and after 

 they are fed. Summarize observations in general statements. Supplement your own 

 observations with examples from history, biography, and fiction, to show how human 

 conduct appears to be modified by extremes of thirst or hunger. 



2 To find out what there is in common among a variety of substitute interests, 

 have each member of a group list what he finds most satisfying or interesting in some 

 particular type of passive recreation, such as the movies, sport news, comic strips, 

 poetry, and visiting an art gallery. (It is, of course, not sufficient to record merely 

 that one "Ukes" or "enjoys" reading a book or seeing the movies; each should stop 

 and ask himself just what it is that he likes or enjoys or finds satisfying in a particular 



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