This week we’ve talked about generating inner feelings of acceptance, appreciation, gratitude, and trust. What if it all sounds good to you, but you’re just not feeling it? What can you do?

One of the simplest ways I know to connect with these feelings is to take an action that expresses them. For instance, if you’re judging someone harshly, express acknowledgment of something that they are saying. Acknowledgement is a first move into acceptance.

You could look them directly in the eyes and say, “What I hear you saying is _______.” You don’t have to agree with or like what the other person is saying, you are simply acknowledging that you are listening to them and accepting one specific thing that they are saying.

After that, you may feel more accepting toward them as they likely will toward you. You may feel able to take it one step farther by smiling and saying, “I really appreciate your ability to express that to me.”

Now you may be feeling even more open to that person and may feel inspired with the next step, gratitude. “Thank you so much for letting me know that.”

Your feeling may have shifted pretty dramatically at this point. It’s likely that theirs has too. You have an experience that this acceptance, appreciation, and gratitude stuff really works. A natural feeling of trust in the goodness and grace of Life may begin to well up inside of you.

As you repeat similar actions in different situations, you may begin to feel a consistent background state of Trust.

You can apply this idea to anything that you feel lacking in your life. Give what you want to receive. In the giving of what you desire, you experience “that” and bring more of it into the world.

Enjoy your practice,
Kevin

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Today we wrap up our three-day series on setting, living, and refining your best intentions with Step 3 in this simple, yet powerful, practice.

To recap, two days ago, we talked about taking a few minutes when you wake up each morning to define something that you want to grow in your life, visualize it, and feel yourself being successful in “that.”

In Step 2, yesterday, we talked about how to live that good intention by scheduling time for it or making it part of an already scheduled activity or event every day.

Step 3 follows these first two steps—at the end of the day. Before you go to sleep at night, when you’re lying in bed, take a moment to review your good intention and the action that you took to realize it that day.

Ask yourself, “What went well and what would I like to do differently?” If you didn’t take your scheduled action or practice your good intention as you planned, review what happened instead. Did you forget? Did you do something else instead? Or did it just not go as you planned.

Be as factual and self-accepting as possible. See as clearly as you can, what worked for you and what didn’t work for you in relation to your intended action. Ask yourself: “What is the best way to move my intention forward? In light of what happened today, what is my next step? What will I do tomorrow?”

When you wake up the next morning, begin again with Step 1 and repeat all three steps in that new day.

If you consistently follow these three steps you’ll be on your way to living your best intentions and sharing your gifts with the world.

Thank you for doing that!
Kevin

Kevin Schoeninger

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