Abstract
The concluding chapter discusses different metaphors that have been proposed for addressing life and problems of living. This includes metaphors of humans as the children of God, life as a game, and life as a narrative. It is suggested that some metaphors seem to work well, but that others do not. The chapter pays particular attention to the metaphor of life as a journey, noting a number of strengths of this metaphor, including its resonances with a range of philosophical and psychiatric literature, as well as with work in cognitive-affective neuroscience. The metaphor of life as a journey helps conceptualize a number of issues that may be useful in informing us about the nature of human nature, and hence about the way we should live our lives. These include the importance of being guided by key virtues, the value of good companions, the relevance of good resources, the need to steer between unbridled optimism and relentless pessimism, and the usefulness of the metaphor of balance.
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