Positive Psychology: January 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

Charles Bukovsky we are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

‏@NicolodiDaria

@0WoI3 Thank you.

Master of the Female Half-Lengths (1500 - 1530) - Female Musicians

#LeeKONITZ with #GerryMULLIGAN QUARTET 'Almost Like Being in Love' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaHLmDOVPzE … Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan ..

"Si j'avais eu la lune, si l'amour suffisait, tout serait changé" A.Camus Margaret Durow #photography

Translated from French by Bing

"If I had had the Moon, if love was enough, everything would be changed" A.Camus

Margaret Durow #photography

Sombering: As we wipe #climatechange from White House website, we could be dooming polar bears http://wapo.st/2jpTott via @bydarrylfears

Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Pics and posters

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese proverb.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Mr. Baker, best known for playing R2-D2 in the Star Wars films, shown above with Muhammad Ali. http://bit.ly/2iSlFJF

Serenity Parayer Adapted for ADD

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

The insight to prioritize wisely what I want to change;

The patience to resist trying to control everything I could, had I the energy and time;

The courage and skill to change the things I have chosen to change;

And the wisdom to know the differences among all these.

- Dr. Edward Hallowell

Build new habits

Healthy Lifestyle:

The best way to build a habit is consistency, so think "same place, same time" and try to stick with it.

Be flexible, sometimes you may have to change it up. Return to your schedule when convenient.

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."