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Sacrifice As Life-Stage Renewal
- Sacrifice marks transitions between life stages and prevents psychological 'accretion' that ages you prematurely.
- Renewing aims and shedding dead weight keeps you light, resilient, and able to pursue higher goals.
Archetypal Limits Define Ultimate Sacrifice
- Asking the maximal correct sacrifice and its potential payoff frames archetypal questions about human striving.
- The Christ story is archetypal because it expresses an ultimate limit: the worst for the best person.
Expose Yourself To Build Bravery
- Break fears into manageable problems and expose yourself to them to build bravery rather than merely reducing fear.
- Voluntary challenge activates approach systems and is less physiologically costly than defensive readiness.