Flourish 

The opportunity to flourish in your life is now. This moment. Why put off or delay it?

What is wanting to arise and be present now?

Life is meant to be lived with Purpose, Love, and Joy....

with connection, authenticity, and creative curiosity.

It starts with acknowledging peace within. To find a stillness there, to find an alignment there that allows a moving into your soul's calling.

It then requires connection. Intimate, mindful contact. It requires being vulnerable, but from a place of open heart trusting. An allowing yourself to know another and to be known my them.

Then move. Let the movement be with Grace, Ease, and Elegance.

This is the G.E.E. factor. Learn to cultivate the GEE factor in your life.

richard hammer

10-17-16

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Marin Seligman, positive psychologist, published a book in 2011 titled FLOURISH.  He identifies five essential elements to well-being called the PERMA Model, a well-being theory.

1. Positive Emotion (P)

For us to experience well-being, we need positive emotion in our lives. Any positive emotion such as peace, gratitude, satisfaction, pleasure, inspiration, hope, curiosity, or love falls into this category – and the message is that it's really important to enjoy yourself in the here and now, just as long as the other elements of PERMA are in place.

2. Engagement (E)

When we're truly engaged in a situation, task, or project, we experience a state of flow: time seems to stop, we lose our sense of self, and we concentrate intensely on the present.

This feels really good! The more we experience this type of engagement, the more likely we are to experience well-being.

3. Positive Relationships (R)

As humans, we are "social beings," and good relationships are core to our well-being. Time and again, we see that people who have meaningful, positive relationships with others are happier than those who do not. Relationships really do matter!

4. Meaning (M)

Meaning comes from serving a cause bigger than ourselves. Whether this is a specific deity or religion, or a cause that helps humanity in some way, we all need meaning in our lives to have a sense of well-being.

5. Accomplishment/Achievement (A)

Many of us strive to better ourselves in some way, whether we're seeking to master a skill, achieve a valuable goal, or win in some competitive event. As such, accomplishment is another important thing that contributes to our ability to flourish.

By focusing on all five of these elements, we can flourish in life, and find the happiness we want. As such, PERMA gives us the starting point for living a great life!

More at - https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/perma.htm