Morning Tea and Appreciation - 5/13/07

Let your dominant intent be…

Let your dominant intent be to feel good which means be playful, have fun, laugh often, look for reasons to appreciate and practice the art of appreciation. And as you practice it, the Universe, who has been watching you practice, will give you constant opportunities to express it. So that your life just gets better and better and better.

Excerpted from the workshop in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, September 13th, 1997

That tea cup, pictured above, is one that I made months ago and have used every day since I brought it home. As time has worn on, the messages have become common place and I don’t really take notice of them as much. Until now that is.

I am going to do my Morning Tea and Appreciation every morning to start my day off on a positive flow. As I was considering doing this, I was faced with the Appreciation vs Gratitude issue. I remembered that, on a recent CD, Abraham had said that appreciation was better than gratitude but when I went to look on the Abraham-Hicks site, I couldn’t find anything on it, so off to Google I went Gotta love Google as the first result was from Belle’s Abundance Journal.

Gratitude is a wonderful emotion. Appreciation is ten times better. Gratitude almost always points you toward the thing you’ve overcome. Appreciation aligns you with the Source within you. They are very different vibrations.

Abraham-Hicks Weekly CD - San Rafael, CA, 03/03/2007

I really vibe with that quote. To me, gratitude feels like being thankful for something that someone gave you whereas appreciation feels like being thankful for what you have attracted into your life. So, Appreciation posts it is.

Today, I appreciate:

1. The fact that google has just the right link to just the right blog for the quote I was looking for.
2. Captain Underpants My son woke up early this morning and spent considerable time at the kitchen table drawing “Pichers for you Mom” which consisted of many of the characters from the Captain Underpants series of books that he has fully immerged himself in.
3. I appreciate the fact that I get to see such a variation of flying critters from my computer room window. I might see a crane, a hawk, geese, an eagle, bluebirds, and many others. I love the effortless way they seem to go with the air flow.
4. I appeciate the fact that my kids are giving me some alone mom time so I can get this post done. They are upstair playing nicely together this morning and that is such a wonderful thing!

Ah, that felt great! About two more sips of tea to go, and then off to start the day.

Life is Good and All’s Well Gonna keep flowin’ downstream today and reaching for the better feeling thought.

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Oh WOW! I didn’t realize that this would be such a powerful idea. After I walked away, the appreciation just kept flowing! My thoughts were focused on things that I appreciate. I was even able to use contrast to spawn things to appreciate.

1. I REALLY appreciate when my boys remember to put the toilet seat up when they go pee.
2. I appreciate long, hot, showers where all I can hear is the water beating down.
3. I appreciate when my family cooks me breakfast - Mmmmm that tasted good!

Happy Mother’s day to all the Mom’s out there. I hope you easily find things to appreciate all day long!

En-JOY your day!