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Regret: A decision made and I've lost purpose & motivation
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@shmerdloff What did Jung mean by Anschlag in this context? I understand the word, would translate it as « attack » usually, like a bomb attack. I don’t understand it related to the idea that there are no mistakes in life.
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@tatiana987
I totally agree with you. When I first read it, I just accepted the word in the context used, as meaning "trying." When I finally looked up the translation it came back as "attack."
I made sense of it only by considering that he may have meant more than merely trying, but rather "attacking" something (a challenge, a project, a way of thinking or behaving, a marriage) with full force, and then when disaster strikes it's not a mistake because you were authentic and committed yourself with everything you had. Thanks for catching that.