Human Flourishing

At the State of Omaha, the Barna research team talked about research out of Harvard on human flourishing. I looked it up and read it. These are essentially my quick notes. I love how researchers are discovering truths that are clearly laid out in the Bible. 

Essentially, thr research showed three areas that we can influence human flourishing as a leader.

1. The mind

2. The behavior

3. Our relationships.

They discovered that taking time to daily expressing gratitude, taking time to savor, and imagining your best self develops well being in the mind.

They discovered that the exercise of virtue leads to happiness. So be good to yourself and grow your character. Find ways to be kind to others and serve in your community. By finding ways to do something out of your character strengths daily, you will grow human flourishing in you and others. The cool part is that it inspires others to do the same.

They discovered that when we engage in relationships through marriage, work, and religion, we will flourish. They ended this section on the importance of forgiveness and its role in healing and hope.

For those that know your Bible you will feel very affirmed by what you know. For those that don't know what the Bible says, this article should inspire you to go to the source that cares more about human flourishing.

The key to all of these. The more you do them daily the happier you will be and feel as if you are flourishing. The challenge comes in doing them all more than just once a week. Think 5 times or more a day. 

https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/how-to-flourish