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From its ashes rose modern Positive Psychology, and by the time Ben-Shahar received his A.B. in 1996, he had decided to shelve his squash racket for good and to devote himself entirely to studying the burgeoning field...
Another thing I love is music. Music is a big part of any 13-year-old's life. Sometimes I can't live without it. Some adults say it's a racket, but our music explains our situation in a way that we ourselves cannot express. The dominant type of music I like is hip-hop, rap and R&B. Some of my favorites are: Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J, Trina, Outkast and Janet Jackson...
...doing. But then I would just eat more. Even though food is a major comfort for me, I'm learning to channel some of my anger and stress into sports. Whether I'm kicking my sorrows away in a magnificent breaststroke, slamming that anger with my tennis racket or whamming that big stress ball at batting practice, my teenage problems find an outlet...
...embarrassed, but instead at that moment I achieved what I thought to be the impossible ace. But there was no pride in my impressive rebuttal. It became clear that no part of me wanted to waste my summer covered in clay, running drills, and carrying around a silly racket. Unlike my friends who were tempted by the prospect of cute coaches and mixed doubles, I abandoned my athletic prospects and dedicated my summer to literary possibilities...
...over me, it is my father. He would return home from work on hot summer days to find me covered in blankets after having finished another epic. Thus, in one last effort to make me an athlete, my father bought me a book that fateful summer I abandoned the racket: The Zen of Tennis. Still resting on my bookshelf, it is one of those books that never managed to enter my summer fling radar...