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things don't have to be true to be helpful
We have beliefs (or models) about the world, those beliefs have an impact upon what we do and what we feel. Many of those beliefs aren't true however just because it isn't true doesn't mean that it can't have an impact. We can choose what we believe.
In the film Second Hand Lions with Michael Caine, Robert Duvall says:
"Just cos something ain’t true don’t mean you can’t believe in it. If you want to, go right ahead and believe it."
and goes on to say:
"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honour, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love... never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."
link to www.imdb.com - more second hand lions quotes
