Positive Psychology: Walk on the sunny side of the street

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Walk on the sunny side of the street

HENRI GIFFARD FLEW 35,000 OVER THE PARIS WORLD FAIR 1878 IN HIS RADICAL HOT AIR BALLOON

'Too many children don't know what success feels like, thus repeated failure is no longer scary or painful, it's be come their norm. Help create their new norm.' Robert John Meehan #ADHD #Autism #Dyslexia #Inclusion

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."