Harvard Positive Psychology

Posted on 2015-11-29 Edited on 2023-09-29 Disqus:

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I took this course during my free time and took many screenshots. This course has been very helpful to me. Today, I took the opportunity to clear out my old photos, it’s time to turn them into words.

Psychological maturity is about the ability to willingly shift perspective.

Goal

The step on the way to a destination that you deem valuable that is important to you.

So the end goal can often be liberating.

One of the reasons is because love, and especially lust and passion, wears over time.

They are also extremely sensitive, wise, way beyond their years, saintly, generous, benevolent.

Exercise

The wonder drug: 30 minutes of physical exercise, 4 times a week.
At least 15 minutes of mindful exercise 6 or 7 times a week.

I have so many things to do.

Exercise should be the last thing to go. It is an investment.

You may lose that 45 minutes. But you’ll gain so much more. It’s such a good investment. Your memory actually gets better when you exercise. So you’ll get more bang for the buck in terms of time you study; your creativity and concentration levels go up.

Whether you have ADD or not, especially if you have.

Relationship

People stay together out of a sense of duty, out of habit, because they think this is their lot in life.

A lack of alternative.

“Do unto others what you would do unto yourself.”

“Do not do unto yourself what you would not do unto others.”

Love

“Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar, and the fortitude of the certain.”

But while perfect love doesn’t exist, true love does. True love exists between imperfect humans.

I will find that right person. I don’t believe that. It’s simply not true. It’s not a matter of faith.

So what makes relationships unique? It’s not finding that one right person. Once again, it’s cultivating that one chosen relationship. It’s by virtue of working together, being together, spending time together, dedicating to one another. That’s how we create the one chosen relationship. That’s how we create the one chosen relationship.

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