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| Blog: Abraham Maslow |
 Abraham Maslow was one of the first psychologists to study healthy, creative people as opposed to troubled clinical cases. Some of the people he studied were Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He discovered some very interesting findings through his research and I agree with his results.
Maslow reported that these people shared certain characteristics: Self-aware and self-accepting, open and spontaneous, loving and caring, not paralyzed by others' opinions, they were secure in their sense of who they were. Their interests were problem-centered rather than self-centered. They focused their energies on a particular task, one they often regarded as their mission in life. Most enjoyed a few deep relationships rather than many superficial ones. Many had been moved by spiritual or personal peak experiences that surpassed ordinary consciousness.
These, said Maslow, are mature adult qualities, ones found in those who have learned enough about life to be compassionate, to have outgrown their mixed feelings toward their parents, to have found their calling, to have "acquired enough courage to be unpopular, to be unashamed about being openly virtuous, etc." Maslow's work with college students led him to speculate that those likely to become self-actualizing adults were likable, caring, "privately affectionate to those of their elders who deserve it," and "secretly uneasy about the cruelty, meanness, and mob spirit so often found in young people."
I believe different types of people can make it to this place in their life, believers and non-believers alike. Unfortunately, many believers get held up by trying to adhere to what the bible says instead of doing what they feel is truly right for all of humanity. I like to think that I am personally headed down the path towards this ultimate goal, but then again who wouldn't like to think that? One thing is for sure, I've got the "acquired enough courage to be unpopular" thing down well.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28 @ 09:47:41 MST by tim |
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