Appreciation, the meadow where wishes blossom
Appreciation, the meadow where wishes blossom
Appreciation is one of the pillars of ‘Shine your Rainbow Light’ method and what can most quickly put us back into alignment, when we seem to be losing ground because we feel pulled to one side or the other and doubts, expectations & duties play their part. In the long run, however, this way of living can reveal its negative sides to us through frustration, nervousness, dissatisfaction or even more pronounced physical or psychological discomfort.
One simple thing that can anchor us back to ourselves, taking a breath of fresh air is the daily practice of appreciation. Appreciation means directing pleasant and loving thoughts and emotions towards anything: nature, people, animal, situation, place …
Appreciation can be applied to practically anything and in a few moments transforms our state of mind, because when we appreciate, we cannot at the same time dislike or complain about something: they are opposite vibrations.
A few minutes a day of appreciation helps us find our ground and feel in flow again. We often appreciate without realising it, but if we start to notice it, we can consciously use it even when we need it the most.
We can start from the smallest things, for example when we are in bed, we can express thoughts-emotions of appreciation for the warm duvet, the sheets that wrap us, the softness of the pillow, the comfort… And feel here and now how these small and important details offer us wellbeing, giving us very pleasant sensations. When it rains we can appreciate this gift from the sky that bathes all the plants, the trees, giving them nourishment.
We can appreciate what we wear, eat, do, the words we say to someone, the music we listen to, the tasks we do today because they make tomorrow’s work easier … In any situation, we can always find something to appreciate, it is simply an attitude to develop, especially if we have not been educated to be grateful. But it is above all a matter of practice: we can become more and more appreciative.
In order to appreciate, we can identify something beautiful and harmonious because even though it may seem that there is nothing to appreciate, it is a matter of practice, to become more and more adept at directing our focus towards what is already good and gives us some relief.
Don’t feel discouraged if at first you tend more to complain than to appreciate: appreciation is like a flower that needs its time to blossom…
Start writing your daily Appreciation Notebook of Positive Aspects: dwell on the pleasant feelings you get from directing your attention to something loving and appealing that improves the quality of your life.
In this poetic video, two different attitudes are shown: frustration and appreciation.
The hot-air balloon -symbol of inspiration as recalled in our book ‘Inspiration, the enlightened way to make desires fly’- needs to be freed from the ballasts that keep it on the ground in order to fly. When you attempt to soar but the weight of the ballasts symbolically pulls you back to the ground, you experience a sense of frustration because you would like to free yourself from the ballasts and ropes that hold you down, preventing you from soaring through the Skies of Possibilities.
An invitation to let go of doubts, uncertainties and fears that threaten to keep your heart’s desires from ever flying.
Let triumph the desire to set you free and fly towards your Heart’s Desires, in an open, infinite space that outlines a new panorama and leads towards the fullness of who you are.
