Positive Psychology: Bhutan Flag is the Flag of the "State of Happiness"

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Bhutan Flag is the Flag of the "State of Happiness"

Bhutan is a country that has a component of Happiness in the Gross National Product of the country.

English: Flag of Bhutan
24 November 2005 (original upload date of the initial version)
Author
w:en:User:Nightstallion (original uploader), the author of xrmap (improved version)
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BoNM - Bhutan.svg

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."