Look For Things To Appreciate

Posted by: John

“If all you did was just look for things to appreciate you would live a joyous, spectacular life.” – Abraham-Hicks

Appreciation is the key to closing your gap. As you find more things to appreciate in your experience, you more closely emulate how your Inner Being views the world. Your Inner Being appreciates everything because it does not judge anything. Your Inner Being sees only the positive aspects of anything.

We as humans are judgmental, rating everything as good or bad or some combination thereof. We tend to focus on that which we judge to be bad. Rather than amplifying the positives about any situation, we amplify the negatives by focusing on them.

We’ll say something like, “That would be perfect except for .” We are raised to believe that nothing or no one is perfect. Because we hold that belief, we know there are flaws in everything and if we don’t see them right away, we conduct a search for them!

We have the choice whether to focus on the positives or the negatives in any given situation. We have the choice to see the positives and feel good, or see the negatives and feel bad. It’s impossible to feel bad and be joyful, so if we want a joyful life, we must focus on the positives.

We must focus on the positives to the exclusion of the negatives. It’s not sufficient to focus on the positives with a big “but…” hanging over them. It’s not possible to focus on positives and negatives at the same time. We have to choose one or the other. Choosing positives is the path to joy.

John Sawyer

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2 Responses to “Look For Things To Appreciate”

1. beth Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm

   I have been practicing gratitude for awhile now. In my business I noticed that if I got a cancellation, I’d get two calls for help in its place. I’ve started doing something else now, too. I’ve been doing a lot of talking to my dogs, both of whom have some behavioral challenges . While I have always told them how much I loved them, and don’t complain about them, I am now telling them everything I appreciate about them. It’s always nice to hear good things about ourselves – especially without that “but…”

2. John Says:
   June 3rd, 2008 at 12:24 am

   That’s an excellent example, Beth. Sometimes it’s a challenge to find things to appreciate about the beings in our lives that push our buttons. The more we’re able to do so, the less they’re able to push those buttons because we’re learning to “love them anyway.”

   Namaste,

   John

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