Positive Psychology

Thursday, October 21, 2021

In every moment there is an action you can take that will always support your vision. ~ Paul Hoffman

“Loneliness is not solitude. Solitude requires being alone whereas loneliness shows itself most sharply in company with others.”

— Hannah Arendt

We must stop being afraid of what we THINK is going to happen in 2022, and start ACTING to make happen what we WANT!

Love is a tree with branches reaching far beyond time into eternity and roots set deep in the eternal life.

Rumi

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."