Stop and smell the roses, they say…
…they’re right. As Martin Seligmann, Positive Psychologist, says, “One of the most powerful ways to increase happiness in the present is to savor more.”
Savoring is defined as attending to, appreciating, and enhancing positive experience (Bryant & Veroff). It only takes a moment to appreciate a positive experience—and this deliberate attention to the details of life can dramatically affect your bottom line.
Not only can you savor a moment as it occurs, but you can anticipate a positive event before it happens (Dinner smells amazing!), and you can reminisce about a positive event that has already occurred (That was the best concert ever!).
The key to a savory experience? Slow down. Take it in. And while you’re at it, enjoy, appreciate, regard, delight in, feel, partake, relish, sip, smell, taste, admire, groove on, applaud, be pleased, apprise, cherish, esteem, revel in, extol, honor, like, praise, get a kick out of, respect, feast on, treasure, glorify, hold dear, take comfort, adore, prize, be content, cherish, dig, luxuriate in, love, marvel, and bask.
The little things count, in fact, they are quite numerous throughout each day!
For more about slowing down and savoring the moment, here’s an article from Positive Psychology News: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/miriam-ufberg/2007012961
…they’re right. As Martin Seligmann, Positive Psychologist, says, “One of the most powerful ways to increase happiness in the present is to savor more.”
Savoring is defined as attending to, appreciating, and enhancing positive experience (Bryant & Veroff). It only takes a moment to appreciate a positive experience—and this deliberate attention to the details of life can dramatically affect your bottom line.
Not only can you savor a moment as it occurs, but you can anticipate a positive event before it happens (Dinner smells amazing!), and you can reminisce about a positive event that has already occurred (That was the best concert ever!).
The key to a savory experience? Slow down. Take it in. And while you’re at it, enjoy, appreciate, regard, delight in, feel, partake, relish, sip, smell, taste, admire, groove on, applaud, be pleased, apprise, cherish, esteem, revel in, extol, honor, like, praise, get a kick out of, respect, feast on, treasure, glorify, hold dear, take comfort, adore, prize, be content, cherish, dig, luxuriate in, love, marvel, and bask.
The little things count, in fact, they are quite numerous throughout each day!
For more about slowing down and savoring the moment, here’s an article from Positive Psychology News: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/miriam-ufberg/2007012961
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