Positive Psychology
Love, Hope, Gratitude, and Forgiveness
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Introduction
According to Seligman, (2002), the gifts of love, gratitude, hope and forgiveness are basic attributes of positive psychology. Seligman, (2002), defines positive psychology as the psychology that is more focused on emphasizing the positive attributes of humans, as opposed to focusing on the study of maladaptive characters that human beings have. The pivotal role of positive psychology is to nurture happiness in human beings. The attributes; love, hope, forgiveness and gratitude help foster this aim in the society. These attributes of positive psychology also help improve the well being of persons and at the same time stimulate correlations among persons in the society. By nurturing the attributes, human beings find more meaning to life and at the same time work hard to fulfill their happiness in society.
Love
Love has been defined in many different ways depending on the perspective in which it is being looked at. Berscheid (2010) asserts that love is a profound and passionate affection for someone or at times for animals such as pets which may have the ability to conquer the feelings of a person. This attachment and feeling is normally considered so deep, and for those, whose intent is to result in marriage, it could be defined as the sexual desire or passion, persons feel for each other. Love is considered as an imperative need of human beings. Most psychologists have tried endlessly to discover and unveil how the concept and attributes of love work for quite a long time. For most psychologists, love is considered as a vital need after the basic needs of human beings. This is because, through love, human beings feel accepted, contented and above all important. When someone appreciates who he/she is, then the ability to achieve and conquer a lot in life is high as opposed to a person whose confidence in life and self esteem is low. The emotion of love in human beings can be demonstrated
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Introduction
According to Seligman, (2002), the gifts of love, gratitude, hope and forgiveness are basic attributes of positive psychology. Seligman, (2002), defines positive psychology as the psychology that is more focused on emphasizing the positive attributes of humans, as opposed to focusing on the study of maladaptive characters that human beings have. The pivotal role of positive psychology is to nurture happiness in human beings. The attributes; love, hope, forgiveness and gratitude help foster this aim in the society. These attributes of positive psychology also help improve the well being of persons and at the same time stimulate correlations among persons in the society. By nurturing the attributes, human beings find more meaning to life and at the same time work hard to fulfill their happiness in society.
Love
Love has been defined in many different ways depending on the perspective in which it is being looked at. Berscheid (2010) asserts that love is a profound and passionate affection for someone or at times for animals such as pets which may have the ability to conquer the feelings of a person. This attachment and feeling is normally considered so deep, and for those, whose intent is to result in marriage, it could be defined as the sexual desire or passion, persons feel for each other. Love is considered as an imperative need of human beings. Most psychologists have tried endlessly to discover and unveil how the concept and attributes of love work for quite a long time. For most psychologists, love is considered as a vital need after the basic needs of human beings. This is because, through love, human beings feel accepted, contented and above all important. When someone appreciates who he/she is, then the ability to achieve and conquer a lot in life is high as opposed to a person whose confidence in life and self esteem is low. The emotion of love in human beings can be demonstrated
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