Positive Psychology: The heart of man is very much like the sea

Saturday, May 18, 2019

The heart of man is very much like the sea

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are truly adjusted to each other.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

‘Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.’

- Twelfth Night

‘The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too.’
- Vincent Van Gogh

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.’

- Albert Einstein

Appreciate the importance of valuing and taking good care of your physical AND mental AND emotional health and well-being. YOU matter.

Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.

- Marcus Aurelius

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."