Positive Psychology P7

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Positive Psychology P7

Outline

Find the beauty and stay grateful

  • Think less conceptually and more perceptually / sensually

Macro level: not waiting for bad things for tragedy for us to grateful

  • Adaptation
    • Towards terrible things: positive
    • Towards wonderful things: negative
      • Getting used to the privilege and the luxury.
  • We shouldn't take things for granted
  • Maintaining freshness through by being mindfulness and visualizing
  • Focus on every aspect, especially some we haven't noticed
  • Ask "what am I grateful for?"
    • Co-create reality
    • Notice the thing that is unnoticeable but beautiful
  • Key to change: do it
    • Do it everyday to transform the thinking
    • Like write down the things we are grateful for
Be grateful for others
  • Really think about what am I grateful for
  • Then express it
    • Writing a letter, by phone, or in person (and reading the letter)
  • The intervention on the well-being may last only a month. To maintain it, you need to do it regularly and make it a ritual
    • Only write the letter contribute to well being
      • Being grateful, being open
How we express gratitude / deal with painful and positive emotions
  • Write / talk / think about the worst and the best experience in life
    • Worst experience
      • Those who wrote / talk them feel better
      • Those who think about them feel worse
    • Best experience
      • Those who wrote / talk them feel worse physically and mentally
      • Those who think about them feel better
  • Gratitude exercise: replay the happiest experience of the day

Micro level: having more inspiring art

Response Paper

  • Gratitude is an essential part of our lives that is often overlooked in the midst of our daily struggles. It is easy to become caught up in the chaos and negativity of the world, but finding beauty in the small things can make a world of difference.

  • The human nature of adaptation is a double-edged sword. It helps us to adapt to the negative environment and conquer the obstacle, but it also makes us take the good things for granted. The average level of life is increasing, but the happiness level will not if we don't disobey our nature of adaptation by using some mind tricks.

  • The best way to deal with this is to be mindful in life, asking ourselves, "what am I grateful for" and finding the other point of view of the "normal" things that we get used to. For example, we often choose the shortest way to the classroom, but the other side of the building on the end of another path is totally unknown to us. Maybe it's a bit curve and longer, but it's inside bushes with a lot of flowers and trees.

  • The life won't change a lot if we don't perceive it with another view and mind, as our focus co-create the reality. But if we keep on being active in searching and pursuing the beauty, we may find the unnoticeable but beautiful things in life that we really appreciated and grateful for that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.

  • Then, visualize them in mind, as an exercise where we replay the happiest experience of the day to further reinforce positive emotions and writing them down as a way to transform our thinking and rewire our brains to focus on the positive.

  • Besides, expressing gratitude for others is also an important aspect of this practice. We should take the time to think about what we are grateful for in others and then express it to them through writing, phone calls, or in person. This intervention on well-being may only last a month, so it is crucial to make expressing gratitude a regular ritual to maintain its effects.

  • In conclusion, gratitude is a powerful tool that can transform our lives for the better. By being mindful and focusing on the good things in life, expressing our gratitude to others, and p`rocessing our emotions through writing or talking, we can cultivate a sense of gratitude that will enrich our lives and bring us greater joy and happiness. So let us find the beauty in life and stay grateful.

  • At the macro level, we must learn to appreciate the good things in life without waiting for a tragedy or crisis to remind us of their value. We should be adaptable to terrible situations and approach them with positivity, while also being mindful not to take things for granted. Instead, we should focus on maintaining freshness by practicing mindfulness and visualization, taking the time to notice and appreciate the aspects of life we may have overlooked. By asking ourselves "what am I grateful for?" we can co-create reality and uncover the beauty in things that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.