At least for today, choose to willingly do everything you do. Do so especially during those activities you feel that you “have to do”; activities that your ego normally detests but that you engage out of a sense of either obligation or duty or fear … Don’t want to get out of bed? Choose to […]
Start the day by getting to know your self anew. Pause this morning to really look at yourself in the mirror (naked is best, looking slowly — and neutrally; non-judgmentally — from head to toe). Avoid condemning or criticizing what you see. Instead, simply note over & over that “This is the body I have […]
Take a few moments this morning and identify three (3) of your most frequent &/or most powerful cravings. Then, instead of fulfilling them for yourself today – and as long as doing so will harm no one in the process, attempt to give them to (or fulfill them for) someone else.
Gather all the used catalogs, magazines and newspapers in your home and take them to be recycled … Avoid replacing them at all costs. Bonus Activity: Cancel your subscriptions to all paper-based periodicals. Bonus Activity: Avoid all mass media outlets – printed or otherwise – like the plague.
List three (3) expectations you have for your own behavior &/or performance. Now write a letter to yourself releasing you from those “demands” & mail it to yourself today… Next, list three (3) expectations you have related to the behaviors &/or performance of three “major players” in your Life, and write notes to each of […]
Go find a tree that you can climb and climb it … Sit there a bit a look around. Notice how everything looks quite different from a higher perspective. Note #01: Climbing a tree isn’t required – any view “from above” is OK. Note #02: It doesn’t matter how high you climb — though, […]
Upon waking, stay in bed awhile and think about how the Earth provides for you. Without its air, you would suffocate; without its water, you would die of thirst; without its plants, you would starve … Now, upon rising go immediately and lower your thermostat significantly. If you end up wearing more cozy clothes around […]
Take a few moments this morning and jot down everything you did yesterday and when you did it. Then, as far as it’s feasible, repeat everything on that list today, trying to exactly duplicate your yesterday — only this time, open your eyes and Look Around you while doing so. Notice and write down all […]
Take a few moments to envision your normal routines, noting all the routes you normally travel – to work, to school, to the store, to the gas station, to church, to the post office, to the park, to home, etc. … Today, whether you “have to” or not, go to each of these afore-mentioned places […]
After work or school, find either a park or a long stretch of sidewalk in your neighborhood that looks “messy.” Then, for at least one hour, clean it up. Be creative and have fun while doing so … Notice how much better it feels after you’ve finished, and notice how much better you feel while […]
List three (3) possessions that others have that you wish you had. Now choose to be Happy for their “success” by anonymously doing something kind for each of those people today. Bonus Activity: In addition to the afore-mentioned anonymous Good Deeds, approach each of these people personally (even if it’s merely by phone) and offer […]
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