Sunday, September 6, 2020

CULTIVATING BENEVOLENCE...

 



THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE OF A 

'SELF-ACTUALIZED' INDIVIDUAL


RE: Traits of a Self Actualized Person, Maslow’s well-regarded research notes the following: 


        They resist enculturation 

          'Self-actualizers' tend to be nonconformists, since they are inner-directed people.  If a cultural norm is contrary to their personal values, they simply will not adhere to it.

 Self-Actualization - Art of Interpretation - Digital Art by Robert J. Tiess  - artofinterpretation.com

They are more introverted than extroverted, and also exhibit strong leadership qualities. 

They are never joiners!!!



  They are creative:

  Maslow found this trait in all of the self-actualizers.

“This is a universal characteristic of all the people studied or observed.  There is no exception. This creativeness appears in some of our subjects not in the usual forms of writing books, composing music, or producing artistic objects … It is as if this special type of creativeness being an expression of healthy personality is projected out upon the world, or touches whatever activity the person is engaged in.  In this sense there can be creative shoemakers or carpenters or clerks. This creativity comes from the fact that self-actualizers are more open to experience and more spontaneous in their feelings.” 

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They are autonomous and, as a result thereof, tend to be independent of their environment:  

 “Because self-actualizers are B-motivated rather than D-motivated, they are more dependent on their own inner world than on the outer world. Deficiency motivated people must have other people available since most of their main need gratifications (love safety. respect, prestige, 'belongingness') can come only from other human beings.  But growth motivated [B-motivated] people may actually be hampered by others. The determinants of satisfaction, and of the good life, are for them inner &individual, and not social.  They have become strong enough to be independent of the good opinion of other people, or even of their affection.  The honors, the status, the rewards, the popularity, the prestige and the love others can bestow must have become less important than self-development and inner growth.”


   They have a strong ethical sense: 

Although their notions of right and wrong are often unconventional, self-actualizers, nonetheless almost always know the ethical implications of their own actions.  

   They tend to accept democratic values: 

Self-actualizers do not respond to individuals on the basis of race, status or religion.  They can be [and are] friendly with anyone of suitable character regardless of class, education, political belief, race or color.  As a matter of fact, it often seems as if they are not even aware of these differences, which are 'for the average person' so obvious and important. 



Our current president is clearly not one of the benevolent people of whom I speak...Disappointed Stock Vector Illustration And Royalty Free Disappointed Clipart

Saturday, September 5, 2020

'HARD WORK' IS SPECIAL...AS IT [very well] SHOULD BE

         The many exemplars

 Of life's greatest 

Efforts

Never lost a bet

On whetting their

   Appetite for     Industry...

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

TRULY ONE OF MY OWN

    My Own September Poem :

 *IN MEMORY OF LABOR DAY WEEKENDS*



Wild, warm September!
Let me dance at your knee!
An amber waltz still rustling
Sweet leaves yet to fall;
Tanned hands gathering
Baskets of vibrant
Pink cone-flowers hidden
Behind an umber-brown
Barn bearing apples.


Placid water spouts
Take a spin on earth's 
Third carousel of seasons;
Swans salute copper-colored 
Currents, as they drift by
Continuously, through the
Languid bliss of
An aging summer and
Its humid afternoons.



Rustic, red wheelbarrows
Pair their rusty palette with
Melodious wind chimes and
   Faint whispers of gathering storms...

As the sun gently strains
To kiss your forehead,
You wipe away the sweat
Of many labors lost;
It's high time to breathe
In the heavy morning mist
And simple sunsets.
This, before life's pending
Frosts arrive
And the Wintry Winds
Accost...

Poem written by Lisa Porter-Grenn



Did you know that...


THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN...


THE EXACT PHRASE I WAS LOOKING FOR!


phrase
     /frāz/

noun
1. a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.

verb
2. put into a particular form of words.

"it's important to phrase the question correctly"



 "unprocessed grief and rage"

The above phrase was voiced by MSNBC journalist Nicolle Wallace as a way to "put in plain words" the underlying impetus and motivation behind the continuing BLM protests.





Those of us with abundant empathy have absolutely no problem understanding the BLM movement, even if we are not a person of color... moreover, our president is a racist (yes he is).





I would add to Nicolle's assessment that the word "unresolved" is key to understanding this movement, as well.

I am so sick and tired of bigotry and ignorance...and, I might add, those of you who refuse to change: you know who you are!!