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Anika Dhar
@anikad
Appreciating All That’s Around Us
The key skill is to learn to notice, accept and appreciate everything around us, and everyone we see and interact with.
Often if we fail to see good in things or people around us (or ourselves), it’s a failure to pay close attention. All around us are examples of beauty, creativity, inspiration, triumph, pain, joy, life.
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- Reflect on what you appreciate and love about your partner, friends, or family members.
- Express your appreciation to them.
- Take the time to see how you can help someone out.
- Slow down for 3 minutes. Let your thoughts and body also slow down while you pay attention to life around you.
- Smile towards the people you meet.
- Make someone else happy. Give him or her a gift of some kind.
- Take fewer things for granted, like your food, the weather, or small gestures. It will inspire and motivate you.
- Take action and create the day you wish to have.
- Say yes to something new.
- Say no to a should that isn't that important.
- Take a 2-minute laugh-break.
- Do what you deep down think is the right thing.
- Stand still for a minute, close your eyes and simply enjoy the sun.
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