Love is a momentary upwelling of three tightly interwoven events: First, a sharing of one or more positive emotions between you and another; second, a synchrony between your and the other personโs biochemistry and behaviors; and third, a reflected motive to invest in each otherโs well-being that brings mutual care
Barbara FredricksonLove requires you to be physically and emotionally present. It also requires that you slow down.
Barbara FredricksonPositive thinking is just one small part of positive psychology. Plus, as an approach to well-being, positive thinking only helps you to the extent that it yields one or more positive emotions. The problem with positive thinking is that it sometimes just stays up "in the head" and fails to drip down to become a fully embodied experience.
Barbara Fredrickson