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Find Some New Appreciation Today
Feeling Down? Look For Inspiration In The Big Three
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Take a few minutes today to find some new appreciation. You can do it any time, anywhere – I suggest you use at least some of the time you spend commuting to or from work. Turn off the car stereo (or the personal electronics, if you’re on the bus or the train), and just reflect in silence on things you really love about your health, your work, and your family.
Start with your health. If you are healthy enough to work, you’re lucky… and if you aren’t, there’s someone who’s worse off. In my case, I say a little prayer of thanks for every day I spend without a serious asthma attack. Unlike people who don’t suffer from breathing problems, I have come to truly appreciate every breath I take. How about you? Reflect a little and be thankful for what your body allows you to do every day. A new appreciation for your energy might inspire you to do more for your own vitality, such as exercising more, eating a little better, or at least taking vitamins with plenty of water. Whoever first uttered the old phrase “If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything” had a point.
Next, find something new (or rediscover something of which you may have lost sight) to appreciate about your job. If you have a job these days, you’re lucky… and if you don’t, be thankful for the blessing that you are able to make a new start. If you live in America, you live in a land of opportunity. You could start a business online with a very low investment… so be thankful, too, that you live in an era of such high-tech convenience! Even if you work a 9-5 type of job that feels more like a burden than a blessing, think about something you can appreciate about it (beyond the fact that you’re lucky to have ANY job). Here’s a hint: go back in your mind to the day you landed that job, and try to experience again the feeling of joy you had. You loved this opportunity once. Love it again! A new appreciation for your job might inspire you to do it better, and regardless of the difficulties (all jobs have ‘em), that can only be a good thing.
Last, but certainly not least, rekindle your love for the person or people who’re waiting for you at home. If you have a Significant Other, focus in on him or her. Push yourself to name something you truly love about your Sugar Muffin that you might not have fully realized (or, at least, something you haven’t thought about for awhile). If you are single, how about your folks? Challenge yourself to come up with a new appreciation for whichever of your parents is bugging you the most these days! A new appreciation for your loved ones might inspire you to a greater love, and a greater overall happiness in your life.
Those are The Big Three, in my opinion. Folks I’ve coached who are generally unhappy have usually lost their appreciation for some or all of these key parts of their lives. Sure, there’s lots of bad news out there that confronts you every day, from crummy weather to anxiety about the troubled global economy. But you have these three assets, these three sources of strength to help you fight the good fight.
If your pursuit of happiness has taken a hit recently, you aren’t alone. But the road to recovery starts with appreciation. Think about how you can rekindle your appreciation for The Big Three in your own life.
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About the Author:
Michael Hume is a speaker, writer, and consultant specializing in helping people maximize their potential and enjoy inspiring lives. As part of his inspirational leadership mission, he coaches executives and leaders in growing their personal sense of well-being through wealth creation and management, along with personal vitality.
Those with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make money “one less thing to worry about” can learn more about working with Michael at http://oneyearplan.net/michaeldhume
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Michael and his wife, Kathryn, divide their time between homes in California and Colorado. They are very proud of their offspring, who grew up to include a homemaker, a rock star, a service talent, and a television expert. Two grandchildren also warm their hearts! Visit Michael’s web site at http://michaelhume.net
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To Celebrate your Life is to Expand your Life
Why celebrate?
If you fulfill an intention, if you achieve something, and then you celebrate what you have accomplished, you are acknowledging to your center and to the universe what you have done. This tends to anchor it as real.
Too often, when we achieve something, we forget, or neglect out of false modesty to celebrate and anchor what we have done. Instead, with no change in pace, we just whimper, “Next!” We are left with the feeling we haven’t got anything done.
The second reason for celebrating life is to show gratitude, thankfulness and appreciation. There is a great deal of evidence gratitude is a very high-vibration emotion. It is good for mental heath. It is good for societal health. It is essential for spiritual health. This in essence makes celebration a prayer of thanks. More on this later.
The third reason for celebration is very close to the second. It makes you feel good. You feel happy. And your happiness level is the single best indicator of your vibrational level. It’s your feedback on how you are doing in life. Then in some kind of circular magic, feeling good itself becomes a reason to celebrate.
What happens when you don’t celebrate?
Those who don’t celebrate life tend to become victims of life. We have all seen examples. George earns a very high score on an examination, and then he dismisses it with “It was a fluke; I just got lucky.” Karen consistently does the work of three, but privately deflects credit with the thought, “They won’t give me credit when they find out how stupid I am.” George and Karen are victims of life, even when they accomplish something.
Victims tend to be unhappy, because life is something that happens to them, not something they continuously create. Being a victim is a recipe for addiction or mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression. It produces a low-vibration life. Being a victim could drive one to drink.
Celebration is the fertilizer for personal growth.
When someone makes a breakthrough in my office, we celebrate with “Yes!” “Halleluiah!” or “Thank you God!” When they make any sort of progress, we celebrate. We are not asking for perfection; we ask for progress. As when a child takes her first step, we celebrate.
There are many steps to becoming a Reiki master. Do you think the Reiki master decided to wait until he was a master before he celebrated? Impossible! If he had started his training with that attitude, he would never have become a master. Likewise for the singer, the minister, the meditater, the guru…or you.
Celebration along the path of growth is an essential part of growth in any skill or wisdom. To celebrate the little movements and bits of life is truly to celebrate life. Celebrating the bits is the route to creating a bigger life, a more whole life, an expanded life, a fulfilling life.
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About the Author:
Psychologist Dr. Neill Neill maintains an active practice on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, with a focus on healthy relationships and life after addictions. He is the author of Living with a Functioning Alcoholic – A Woman’s Survival Guide. www.neillneill.com,
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