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]]> http://pos-psych.com/news/iris-marie-bloom/20070630309#comment-4924 Dave Shearon Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:52:39 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/iris-marie-bloom/20070630309#comment-4924 OK, this isn't "on point" as we lawyers say, but I found that during MAPP, and since, I started striking up conversations with those sitting beside me in airplanes! Weird, huh? As Chris Peterson says, "Other people matter." I've had some absolutely fascinating conversations that have made me feel great about people. OK, this isn’t “on point” as we lawyers say, but I found that during MAPP, and since, I started striking up conversations with those sitting beside me in airplanes! Weird, huh? As Chris Peterson says, “Other people matter.” I’ve had some absolutely fascinating conversations that have made me feel great about people.

]]> http://pos-psych.com/news/iris-marie-bloom/20070630309#comment-4816 kgarman Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:56:19 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/iris-marie-bloom/20070630309#comment-4816 Great insight, Iris! Having spent a significant part of my positive psychology education flying cross-country every month, I too found that it was the randomly selected people who sat next to me on planes that taught me the most about applying my lessons! I never miss the opportunity now to start a conversation with a stranger on a plane, because I know that it is a guaranteed successful lesson about positive relationship. I took your advise to " relieve the suffering of one person in the morning and give joy to one person in the afternoon" as soon as I read this posting. One hour after reading this, while leaving the ATM outside of a grocery store in Los Angeles this morning, an worn-looking elderly man approached me and asked if I could give him some money, so he could buy myself some groceries for dinner. Having just read your posting, I asked him when was the last time he had a dinner. He said that it had been days, because it was the end of the month and social security checks don't come out until tomorrow (Monday, July 2). That qualified as suffering in my book - I handed him $20.00. He handed it back, saying that it was too much! I couldn't believe it. Remembering the second half of your advise, I handed it back to him and said, "Pay it forward - make someone else's life better today." He cried, we hugged and needless to say, I walked away higher than the fireworks I had seen at the Santa Monica pier last night. So, my friend, know that your interview in Atlanta, written up in Philadelphia, made a difference in at these three lifes in Los Angeles today! Great insight, Iris! Having spent a significant part of my positive psychology education flying cross-country every month, I too found that it was the randomly selected people who sat next to me on planes that taught me the most about applying my lessons! I never miss the opportunity now to start a conversation with a stranger on a plane, because I know that it is a guaranteed successful lesson about positive relationship. I took your advise to ” relieve the suffering of one person in the morning and give joy to one person in the afternoon” as soon as I read this posting. One hour after reading this, while leaving the ATM outside of a grocery store in Los Angeles this morning, an worn-looking elderly man approached me and asked if I could give him some money, so he could buy myself some groceries for dinner. Having just read your posting, I asked him when was the last time he had a dinner. He said that it had been days, because it was the end of the month and social security checks don’t come out until tomorrow (Monday, July 2). That qualified as suffering in my book - I handed him $20.00. He handed it back, saying that it was too much! I couldn’t believe it. Remembering the second half of your advise, I handed it back to him and said, “Pay it forward - make someone else’s life better today.” He cried, we hugged and needless to say, I walked away higher than the fireworks I had seen at the Santa Monica pier last night. So, my friend, know that your interview in Atlanta, written up in Philadelphia, made a difference in at these three lifes in Los Angeles today!

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