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The Serenity Prayer, First Corollary
The Guitarist
I started to play the guitar when I was 19 years old. A number of years later, I can honestly say that I am still learning play, although over the years, I've heard, felt, and seen enough progress in my playing that I'm comfortable (at least in some circles) in referring to myself as a musician. A guitarist. Continues »
The positive emotion of Elevation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt defines elevation as a positive emotion "elicited by acts of virtue or moral beauty; it causes warm, open feelings ... in the chest; and it motivates people to behave more virtuously themselves ...."
Haidt and his collaborators conducted two controlled studies, one in which they asked participants to "think of a specific time when you saw a manifestation of humanity's 'higher' or 'better' nature" and the other in which they we induced elevation by having participants watch video clips of Mother Teresa. They report that in both studies, participants in whom elevation was evoked Continues »
The Legend of Two Wolves
In this brief story, a Native American elder tells of observing a fierce struggle between two wolves. The story holds deep meaning for living appreciatively. Continues »
Celebrating what's right with the world
If you have an interest in positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, positive organizational scholarship, appreciative living, and other related approaches to creating and promoting a flourishing life, 
watch Dewitt Jones' 22 minute, tour de force video, Celebrate what's right with the world. It's a pathway to being in touch, at a fundamental, gut-level level with what appreciation and positivity is all about. Continues »
The Babemba Tribe and Delinquent Behavior
When a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he/she is placed in the center of the village, alone ... All gather around the accused individual ... Then each person of every age, begins to talk out loud to the accused.... Every incident, every experience that can be recalled with any detail and accuracy, is recounted. The tribal ceremony often lasts several days, not ceasing until everyone is drained.... Necessity for such ceremonies is rare!"Continues »
