Positive Psychology: Believe. Conceive. Achieve.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Believe. Conceive. Achieve.

Be not afraid of Life Believe in Life. Belief will help create the fact that
Life is Worth Living.
~David March (1952 - )
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Matthew 7.7
several translations:

New International Version (©1984)

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

New Living Translation (©2007)

"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you."

English Standard Version (©2001)

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."......................................................

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
~W. Clement Stone (1902 - 2002)

These are similar messages

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."