SAY THANK YOU!

Acknowledgment

Recognition

Appreciation

And…

Competition

Huh?

How does that last one fit in with the first three?

What do ya say?

Do you get the connection?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - GOLD DIGGING, continued...

When we look for the 'lesson', 'gift', 'take away' from a tough situation we are not, repeat, NOT, looking at fault or punishment.

This is not about negatives!

Just the opposite.

We are looking for opportunities to evolve, get stronger, wiser and ultimately happier. 

This is a crucial concept!  

If we go negative, we might as well throw away the experience and see it as wasted time.  If we look at everything as bringing something potentially valuable to us we never waste time!

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

TO DIG FOR GOLD…

Ask yourself what seemingly negative interactions or events keep happening in your life.

Now ask yourself how you traditionally react to them.

Is 'why me?' a typical response?

Do you feel punished?

Do these events lower your self esteem?

Do they make you feel alone?

Now image that one of those magical genies has popped out of a bottle and brought these same events into your life saying: "This is a gift.  If you look at this from a totally different angle you will get a tremendous reward!"

Before you roll your eyes and think this is total 'you-know-what', actually allow your creative imagination to take over and try it…

What do you find?

LOOKING FOR THE GOLD

Remember that old saying ' The universe only gives us as much as we can handle'? 

And remember thinking: 'Yeah, right!  What a load…'

Well, maybe, just maybe there is another way to spin this one.

What if there was a learning for us in those seemingly repetitive loads that come our way?

What if there actually was a great take-away, you know, something we could learn that might make our lives richer - and even perhaps - easier, going forward?

What if, instead of feeling burdened by the 'unfairness' of those experiences we could come away with a plus?

What do ya say?

Can you get behind this one?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - SATISFACTION

When we start obsessing about what comes next before we get there, we lose the moment.

What does this really mean?

Our senses - taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing - get jammed.

Instead of feeling we are plotting future moves and our brains, while certainly very elastic and expansive, are pulled in two directions - present and future - and tend not to interpret either to its fullest.   

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

SLOW IT DOWN!

Try making a pact with yourself about staying in the moment.

Stay focused on what you are doing NOW.

          When you are eating...

          When you are exercising...

          When you are talking to someone...

          When you are reading, doing chores…

Check it out.

How does this change things?

IN THE MOMENT… WHAT?

"So, I was eating," he said.

"It was really good and I started thinking about going for seconds…"

"Uh, no," he responded to my question, "I hadn't finished my first serving yet…"

Whoa!

What do ya say?

Is this a great tale about not staying in the moment, or what!

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - CREATING LIGHT

In times of darkness find something that you can score as a success - small counts!

Root a plant

Make bread

Add 3 minutes of exercise

Will any of this change the planet?

Who knows?

Remember that thing about one spark igniting many, and the movement of one atom ping-ponging against another and causing all sorts of chain reactions?

No matter what, if you get your internal Bully off your back and applaud your baby steps, you're guaranteed to feel better and then who knows…

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

PRACTICE CREATING LIGHT

How?

If something isn't working… leave it and do something else…and then applaud!

HANG IN THERE!

                                                                                                                                       CHECK IT OUT

Remember this one?

It seems it was actually first avowed in the 1700's!  Does that tell you something or what?

We humans struggle with darkness and need reminders to hang in there and hold onto the belief that light will come…

This Spring is a particularly hard one - lots of darkness - the weather, the political struggles…

The coming festivals of Spring emphasize hope and rebirth - the virtue of hanging in there.

What do ya say?

How do you hold onto your belief in the light when it's dark?