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The compass function of longing

In the interaction of these characteristics, especially the tritime focus and life evaluation, longing has a compass function:

Figure 1 Compass function of longing

With the aid of this compass function, we can, for example, look back and question to what extent we have been true to ourselves in the past. We can question how much we agree with how we shape our present life and we can allow the compass effect of longing to question us about how we should direct our life in the future, how we can best be true to ourselves in the interplay of that which yearns for development and that which demands acceptance of the realities of our life.