
42 brilliant positive psychology
If you would like to test your own time perspective profile,
you can do so online with the Zimbardo Time Perspective
Inventory.
Note The emphasis on being past positive mirrors Ryff’s
findings on healthy self-acceptance, which is also dependent
on a positive attitude to the past.
If you don’t have a positive feeling towards the past, it might be
for a good reason. For now, just notice that this is what you think
and that having this thought may be affecting how you enjoy
life in the present. There will be plenty of opportunity in later
chapters to find ways to accommodate and ...