Putting “appreciation” on my calendar. (It’s quite addictive.)

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Since the circumstances of my life doesn’t determine the quality of my life, rather my reaction to the circumstances determines the quality of my life.  I decided to taking action to make sure that I “plan” my reactions in advance so that I can reduce the probability of becoming a “victim of circumstances” (so I thought)  like I did frequently in the past.

 

Recently, I decided to put my reactions into my calendar. That means I put into my calendar “actions” like: “replace “fault finding” with “appreciation”” 5 times a day and tick off the number of times I took the action of “appreciation”. After this the energy of appreciation remains for a long time. It feels good. And peaceful.

 

Deciding to appreciate well in advance and putting it on my calendar has made me a much more responsible person. It means that I am now the sole responsible party in my peace of mind “journey”.  Taking full responsibility means that I am the boss of my own mental wellbeing.

 

If something/someone is good/satisfactory. I appreciate it and allow the appreciation to grow. If there has been some problems, I don’t hit the “fault finding button” but appreciate the good parts as well as the bad parts, fully accepting it, and appreciate the lesson if there is a lesson to be learnt. And appreciate having the situation be my teacher.

 

Appreciation seems to be addictive. (Just like the opposite, fault finding, is also addictive).  I am damn sure I know which one I want to continue practicing.