“Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave.” ThinkingTurnsEmotionKnowingPositive ThinkingApproachNegativeSafetyCertaintyRelatedFacultyPermitChasingCraveNegative Emotions Author:Oliver Burkeman
“I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for it. I mean I really feel dread. It is one of the emotions I always feel as I approach it, because I have no faith that my sails won't be ripped this time.” FeelsMeanLongLostEmotionApproachLong TimeTake MeDreadSailRippedAbusers Author:Terence McKenna
“Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach.” EmotionApproachMetaphorAwkward Author:Rachel Hartman
“Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.” SometimesPlayFeelingsHappensProcessHoursEmotionFourSkillsApproachPicksFilledThings HappenTrumpets Author:Richard Gere
“You can't listen to the news. You have to go with the facts. You need to use a logical approach and have the discipline to apply it. You must be able to control your emotions.” NeedsFactsUseAbleEmotionDisciplineApproachNewsLogical Author:Blair Hull
“My style is the paparazzi approach which is spontaneous, unrehearsed, off-guard. The beauty I'm after is inherent, more natural. Genuine emotions, real emotions, that's what I look for.” LooksRealNaturalEmotionStyleApproachGenuineInherentSpontaneousPaparazziReal Emotion Author:Ron Galella
“Positive thinking is just one small part of positive psychology. Plus, as an approach to well-being, positive thinking only helps you to the extent that it yields one or more positive emotions. The problem with positive thinking is that it sometimes just stays up "in the head" and fails to drip down to become a fully embodied experience.” ThinkingWellsSometimesHelpingProblemEmotionPsychologyFailingPositive ThinkingApproachWell BeingJust OnePlusYieldBeing PositiveSmall PartsPositive PsychologyPositive Emotions Author:Barbara Fredrickson