Appreciate yourself...

William Michael Forbes


And leaning close to the mirror I said; “There isn’t anyone else thats gotta live in here.” wmf

A Well Known Fact:

What we think about others affects us first as it has to go through our nervous system first before the vibrations leave our body as words, feelings and actions.

I meditated just before going to bed last night and once I reached that quiet place inside, the traffic, the vacuuming, the discussion about college were gentle background noises that actually deepened the calm stillness. After around twenty minutes, which seems to be an optimal time for my mind, body and Soul, I opened my eyes, finished a few chores and snuggled off to bed. The sleep I had was deep and calm and I awakened with only the slightest mists of dreams in the background of my mind. My first words this morning...”Thank you, thank you, thank you.” to all that is...ushered a gentle wash of excitement over my mind and body.

In the bathroom, before I reached the shower, I looked closely into my eyes...something I remember doing often as a child and looked into my eyes hoping to glimpse the source that animates my body for me and as I looked I felt a tingle of joy in the middle of my head which seemed to say to me “I am glad you are you.” I felt the tingle spread to my mouth as a smile and hopped into the shower with an oddly sung rendition of Olivia Newton Johns, Let Me Be There....a song which reflects for me the relationship that each of can potentially have with the infinite, loving the source within us...which brings us to today’s lesson on How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less.

What do you do in the morning or during the day to recognize and appreciate yourself? What thoughts, ideas, words and actions do you do where you actively and consciously appreciate yourself? Do you appreciate the way you dress yourself? Take care of your body? How you rise up to meet and greet another day? Today spend at least a minute every hour allowing yourself to be conscious and appreciative of what you are doing...no matter what it is...remind yourself that the good you are doing is for your life and the lives of others and allow yourself to feel the effects of that minute of appreciation...feel it in your body...and in the molecules of your mind...let your thought be only about appreciation for that minute each hour and...

Have a great day!

William