Answer:
The quote is about how a person could consciously choose to act reasonable, true to his/her principles/ concepts other then acting in the heat of the moment, considering factors otherwise irrelevant, not getting the expected results and trying to connect impressions, missing moments in order to build a reasonable reality, a basis for the susequent development. It doesn't necessarily reffer to people living in denial, it's a state of mind probably like the memories before the age of 3: if one is told some things happen in a certain way then that's the way to remember them
Step-by-step explanation:
I don't know wether the explanation would reach 35 words. In any case, the author was probably reffering to moving towards a growing up attitude from acceptance of a model with all it's inconsistancies to becoming an independent agent that makes his own ( informed) decisions