This morning I needed to book several business flights online – something that would usually take me 10 minutes. Today the website was being temperamental and I had to spend a great deal longer going backwards and forwards, entering a lot of information and reserving seats. When I finally got to the last click to pay, the website suddenly took me back to the home page and lost all the information I had entered.
I gently stood up, went to the kitchen and got myself a glass of water. I calmly returned to my computer to start the whole process again. As I sat down, I paused for a moment to appreciate myself. In the past I would have reacted and probably ranted and raved if something like that had happened. This time there was barely a blip. On the second round everything went smoothly and I quickly made my booking.
I realised that I felt so lovely in myself that I was not interested in reacting, because that would take me away from me. I know how unpleasant emotional reactions feel in my body and am not interested in them anymore, so they happen less and less. Equally, I have no desire to eat sugar because when I do I get all racy and that feels so horrible and noisy in my body. For these reasons many things have naturally changed; such as my diet, what I say, what I think, how I move and the energy I do things in.
Appreciating myself is something quite new for me: also a big note of appreciation to my beautiful Benhayon friends, who by being themselves showed me another way and inspired me to re-discover myself.
How lovely it is to enjoy being me – what could be better?!
By Anonymous
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
‘I have no desire to eat sugar because when I do I get all racy and that feels so horrible and noisy in my body.’ I have noticed this with people I work with, when there are tricky things to deal with, sweets and chocolate bars seem to be the thing they go to for some sort of reprieve from their anxiousness, and actually what happens, is they get speedier and more demanding and less easy to negotiate with. My challenge is to not react to this, but to keep centred and connect more deeply with my inner core that is steady and can be a rock at times like this.
It is always important to remember that no matter what happens in life it does not change who we are
Yes the issue seems to be with the ‘I’ itself, when we move in a way that is not in consideration of the whole.
What you describe here is huge. We are so used to being focused on the next thing and the next that we are constantly ahead of ourselves and on the go to catch up. What you show here is that a simple stop and focusing on ourselves, how we move, how we touch things. In other words feeling our body brings us into the dimension of now and whatever needs to be done gets done but is not the all.
I had to laugh at this because for years I would react to connecting to my online banking and hated using it, but then reading this I can appreciate that that very rarely happens these days. Love the getting up and re-starting the procedure.
This morning during an Esoteric Yoga session there was so much appreciation in how I can easily feel settled and content within myself when compared to 3/4 years ago. The more I settle in and accept how amazing I am the less tempting it becomes to react or act as if I am not amazing.
Such a simple tool, to get up and get out of the movement that one was in to then be able to start afresh, instead of staying stuck and exhausting oneself in emotional drama that does not change the situation at hand one bit.
Having moments appreciating how far we have come are invaluable. For me these moments deeply consolidate where I am at and prevents taking my life for granted.
This blog keeps popping up all the time…..and today I so appreciated that, having at first thought to find another and then stopping to ask what is this showing me I realised how dismissive I can be. I realised that this dismissiveness is also in my relationship to myself and I have been berating myself instead of appreciating myself. There is so much to appreciate and when I start it just grows and I feel the space opening up inside and all around me.
This is the key, appreciation that takes you more into you. It’s not for anything else other than the way it feels and how it then supports you to move through the world. I think this is a great example in the article of how we can choose to either go into life or pause and make another choice that then supports us to walk around in a different way. It would seem that most things currently in the world are attempting to push us another way and yet when you hold yourself, meaning hold how you truly feel, the world is then also pulled to align to that. We are the centre of things more than we currently care to know.
It is very easy to let appreciation of self slip by, to be able to see the giant patch of things that aren’t right yet, to be able to focus on the failings we all have. But what if the path to changing those failings was to appreciate the being within, the loveliness each of us is in any moment, and from there all can change.
Appreciation is the antithesis of the internal self bashing that many of us live with. It offers a new loving way of being with ourselves that forms the foundation for a life well lived.
CL OH
I love the simplicity here, no drama or complication just getting on with what needs to be done in a loving way. When we appreciate ourselves we cannot be disturbed by what is happening around us…true empowerment.
‘How lovely it is to enjoy being me – what could be better?!’ Yes, I agree!
Talking of computers I had a lesson where there was a lot to do and going on at work and the computer went crazy – mouse jumping everywhere, typing a letter caused unseen prompt boxes to appear that made no sense etc. I checked in with where I was at and knew it was my state of being that was causing this – this was no IT glitch here . Instead of reacting as I would in the past, I took myself to the toilet for a quiet moment and said an absolute no to the energies that I was entertaining in my body – stress, irritation etc. I choose to feel my loveliness on the inside and breathed. A few minutes later and I emerged super cool, having chosen I would accept whatever was being asked of me and all that was going on around. The computer went back to working normally. I am so not under estimating the effects the quality we are in has on those around us and beyond.
There was a time, and on occasions still do, but stop myself a lot faster these days where I would get frustrated with the internet especially when trying to order something and I am in a but of a hurry, it was almost guaranteed to fail at some point and I would blame the internet. Knowing that it is me that has loss the connection and not the internet has not always been easy to accept, but the more I stay with me the more obvious it becomes that it is me that is affecting the process.
Interesting to come across this blog this morning because I spent yesterday booking flights online and had many problems in the process but I saw it through to the end. There was a time when I reacted and thought I had been scammed and might have fallen prey to someone using my account to rob me of money, this idea was introduced by a travel agent whom I had called up for help and an idea that I elaborated and ran with. Thankfully this was not the case and all was sorted with some very friendly exchanges from this company and also some interesting conversation with my nephew who I also called on for assistance. It was my commitment to the process that had me moving from location to location to find a printer, good internet connection and face to face help that completed this task successfully.
Appreciation of ourselves and each other is a delicious ingredient to add to our diet.
It blows me away at the simplicity and power when we move our bodies in appreciation of our beingness, it not only dispels any emotional charge we might be in but also seeds forth the next moment inline with our evolution.
Yes appreciating our beingness as we move brings an inner joy that ripples out and invites others to share in the same.
I had a very very busy day at work because of shortage of staff and yes my body feels tired but during the day there were moments I truly appreciated myself, my consistency to stay with myself just doing what needed to be done. I also did not get annoyed by some unexpected tasks at the end of my shift. So yes I feel tired but there is also a loveliness in myself that I would not have felt if I would have gone in reaction about the situation at work today.
Isn’t it amazing how powerful appreciation is in our lives, it allows us the space to not react to situations and instead choose to honour and stay in connection with ourselves no matter what is thrown our way.
Yes Anna, appreciation helps us understand how precious we are, which in turn leads to greater self care.
I have found patience to be a great thing, and when things try our patience it is only interference that is getting in the way, and the best thing to do is to observe it and not to react to it.
When appreciation becomes your normal, self-critic, judgment on others and abusive behaviours like eating and drinking foods that harm the body, become very abnormal.
The amount of enjoyment we have in life comes simply from the level of love we have for ourselves. While the outside world can stimulate and excite us, it can never make up for a true and loving connection within. This is the only thing that sustains, the stimulation is just momentary.
It is very telling when a line like “Appreciating myself is something quite new for me” is so relatable. I know that teaching myself to take stock instead of just running past things, is a work in progress. Thanks for sharing your moment of appreciation with us, it supports me to take note of when I do similar things.
Moving our body is a great way to introduce a different kind of energy into what’s been going on with and around us.
I have proven there is nothing better than being me. Thanks to the Benhayon’s also and Universal Medicine that was the first thing I clocked – I am a Son of God and I had a separated human spirit that was a lesser state of being causing dis-harmony. This explained the mess I was in and why I was the way I was in and out of a state of depression. This mental illness shifted immediately once I knew the real me.
Yesterday, a journey that can take three and a quarter hours, although four to four and a half in the middle of the day is usual, took six and a quarter. There was torrential rain in parts and several breakdowns and accidents. It meant I was late for an appointment and could not do the work I had intended, I had a headache and an aching right foot with cramping later that night. On top of that I had woken the morning of the intended journey with the thought that It would be better to go the next day, that everything would work out well if I did. This was followed by a doubt and a memory of my plan and ‘all I had to do’, I let myself feel the pressure and drive of creation and I succumbed to it. Previously I would berate myself for my choices at least somewhere a long the line but the acceptance of everything this time around is amazing. Reading this blog lets me see how acknowledging this acceptance and appreciating it is confirming to me how amazing I am and what inner settlement and stillness there is in my body and what a difference this makes even when I have over-ridden my inner knowing in the first place.
A timely read this morning- to go to appreciation instead of going to the struggle.
Self-appreciation allows us to connect to the magnificence within and understand the key part we play in the divine plan of our return to soul, we don’t see issues as complications but always as opportunities to be more.
Beautifully expressed Francisco. I notice currently almost everything in life is not set up to support us to connect to our soul and teach us self-appreciation. But the great thing is no matter what is happening around us, we always have the choice to not react and to stay connected to our soul. Our soul is always calling us to reconnect and patiently waiting for us to say yes to this connection.
Isn’t is crazy that we have to relearn to be ourselves. It shows how valuable and important it is to let our children unfold rather than indoctrinate them with all that we think is good for them.
I know I react to things so easily and this gets in the way of the flow of the day. For me, my practice is to keep feeling and attempt to not get caught in the reactions themselves, and keep developing the understanding towards myself and those around me. In my reactions I skip the step of feeling what is needed, and hence the situation can get out of hand and I waste so much time and energy in what follows.
In a split second for any given scenario we can choose to react emotionally or, choose to appreciate that there is something here to either learn and understand or just plain appreciate.
Yes, appreciation supports you to feel connected in and with your body, which then seems to make it impossible to move into a reaction. It also supports you to be in the observation of something rather than absorb, take on or change the way about yourself.
That moment when we do choose something that supports us or we don’t slip into an old behaviour, needs to be noticed and really felt. Often these moments pass us by, then the new life doesn’t have a solid foundation to build upon. Whereas when we appreciate, it is like a flower that just keeps opening up and getting more full in its beauty.
Appreciation is a key part of The Way of The Livingness (http://www.unimedliving.com/the-way-of-the-livingnes) and I have a found a key benefit of living that way is the steadiness in which you can live your life. It provides a strong foundation in which you can stand upon, and from this foundation it can be easier to choose to respond to life and its events than react. And the more you appreciate that you have responded than reacted, the stronger the foundation. Simple and beautiful stuff – as your blog shows us!
I love the simplicity shared here Nicole, knowing we have a choice to respond instead of react is an absolute game changer – and a powerful choice that supports our bodies.
Appreciation – love it, learning more about it and the effects it has on me and my body every day. It is quite extraordinary really… To feel appreciation for oneself, deeply, is invigorating and nourishing. And I am getting pretty good at it!
I have those moments too, when you try to do something and it just doesn’t flow, but you come back a little later and it’s done in 10 minutes – no pause, no hesitation. It’s always because I have arrived at the first point, and my body is not ready for whatever I need to do, so I’ve made choices that have compromised my quality, my steps after that to regain my quality mean that the second attempt is plain sailing.
“I realised that I felt so lovely in myself that I was not interested in reacting, because that would take me away from me.” The short-term of hit of pleasure of a sugary bun, or some other form of ‘treat’, is nothing to feeling the joy of being me.
Appreciating ourselves is key. I have found when I react to things or to people this means I am disconnected from myself. Often I feel a deep sadness afterwards, simply understanding I am feeling this way because of feeling the sadness of choosing to disconnect from myself in the first place, helps me eliminates any blame on others. Your beautiful example Nicole, shows how choosing to stay connected to ourselves we are less likely to react and by appreciating ourselves supports us to stay connected. The power of appreciation is amazing, it is so worth practising.
There is nothing quite like enjoying being ourselves… super simple, no trying to be something else, and in fact the world gets something unique, whole and gorgeous.
I agree Simonwilliams8, when we choose to show the world who we are by staying connected to our essence, everyone and everything receives a blessing, through our deep connection we are certainly very powerful, expansive and emanating love effortlessly.
Appreciating ourselves is the best medicine on the planet and there is no such thing as an overdose when it comes to appreciation.
Haha Tamara, so true, one cannot overdose on appreciation!
“I know how unpleasant emotional reactions feel in my body and am not interested in them anymore, so they happen less and less.” Yes when we stop feeding these reactions the less they happen, I too am more aware of these emotions and therefore I walk away from them and change my movement to then return and with this there is no space for reaction. These are moments of appreciation to knowing our awareness can support us to change our movements to not get caught into reactions.
This is a great little blog. Very appropriate for me today as I am choosing to be more with myself and to appreciate the steadiness I have built and to take it to another level.
Enjoying being you is an essential part of life! There should be lessons on this in school… we definitely don’t appreciate just how awesomely lovely we are enough.
Appreciation is the key to all our woes. If we deeply appreciate ourselves we know and see more of our grandness than our petty stuff.
I totally agree Nicole “How lovely it is to enjoy being me – what could be better?” I have finally discovered that being me, and appreciating all that I am, is definitely the most wonderful discovery of my life; my very own pot of gold!
There are many times when I have found my computer playing games with me – incredibly frustrating if I let it be – but you know I have a choice to be frustrated by it or not. Taking a walk and coming back – making a new imprint with how I sit down and approach the task at hand has a great effect on the outcome and means I don’t indulge the behaviour and emotions that feel so horrible in my body.
I can so relate to this. Since I have stopped eating sugar I am far less reactive, I wouldn’t have put the two things together but there is a clear link for me. It is what inspires me to see what else there is to discover sugar-free.
I have noticed that if I am hoping for a certain outcome in a situation, I can come across as being quite harsh, which comes from the fear that things may not pan out as I hope. I’m really appreciating that instead, I’m choosing to stay with myself and accept that things will be the way they are meant to be for my own evolution and not to have any expectations or demands. It’s so beautiful to experience how events unfold allowing the space for others to be who they are rather than reacting to feeling ‘imposed’ upon.
Yesterday I found myself being very challenged by a situation that clearly exposed a strong pattern I have. I’ve been working on it but it’s still there. I received a gift of some beautiful earrings and I chose to wear them straight away. A few hours later I noticed that one of them was missing, I was devastated and started retracing my steps around the crowded city, a fruitless task. I was so disappointed in myself for being so careless, I was both upset and annoyed. It wasn’t pleasant to feel the mixed emotions in my body and I was aware that the person who gave me the gift didn’t react at all, rather they suggested we return to the gallery where they were bought and see if a replacement earring could be made. In appreciating their very loving and supportive suggestion, I realised that there wasn’t anything that I could have done differently and maybe this was just a great lesson for me to let go of the control I have. To surrender and choose not react when things don’t go as planned. I lost an earring not an arm, and I was at risk of losing myself in the drama. It was an awesome lesson.
A testimony with regards to how much we love and look after ourselves (or not) has an momentum on how we either respond or (react) to life.
Appreciation is very powerfull, it gives us back the space we loose when going out of it, in appreciation we know the worth of our quality, frustration is worth much less, and makes us feel contracted in the body.
A beautiful reminder to appreciate how far we have come… and the difference we have made to our life and how we approach it now through choices that are deeply supportive rather than reactive.
These moments happen to us all the life. Life is full of them simply because life is never perfect and there are always lessons to learn, deeper understandings to be made and more love to be embraced. Our foundation of observation as you have shown here instead of one of reaction is super important and can serve us greatly on many many levels.
It’s a simple sharing but an important one as it is all these moments in life that we have a choice how to be with and the more consistent we can choose to not react the more we are able to deal with life.
Last week I misplaced my phone and only realised I didn’t have it when my train was about to reach the platform. Previously I would have gone into judgment, blame, self criticism, made a huge deal of it and gone into a lot of stress. Once I had accepted that misplacing my phone was simply a reflection that I hadn’t quite been myself that day and wasn’t in my normal rhythm, I continued on my journey knowing everything would be OK. Once I got to my destination, a receptionist allowed me to use her phone to call work… My phone was exactly where I recalled I’d left it and was put away safely for me until the following day. This experience allowed me an opportunity to really appreciate the difference in my response to situations which has come about through the many changes I have made in recent years as a result of the inspiring teachings of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
It is pure gorgeous to feel held by our own love. So much better than anything sweet could ever be and far more rewarding than anything else could ever be. The more I keep building a way of appreciating and confirming myself, the more I feel held by this love
What a great simple blog! Yes, those little moments reveal how far we have come, and time spent with the deliciousness of the self is far better than ranting at the computer! There is certainly a lot to appreciate from our dedication to ourselves.
I love it. You do not do something simply because it feels horrible in your body. It is a fantastic way to look at our choices and behaviour and we can see for what we are willing to betray our own loveliness.
Love it Elizabeth, challenging situations do indeed present us with the opportunity to grow, and also see how far we have already developed. I know for me, how I deal with many challenging or difficult situations now is with a much greater ease and far less emotion than I would have in the past. Definitely worth taking a moment or two to appreciate that deep steadiness that I now know so well!
Even appreciating the ‘little things’ in life has a huge impact that the the perception of anything being ‘little’ gravely dismissing if not purposefully ignores. Everything is engery and if we can only access one of two at any one time then we get either the all (love) or everything the all is not (prana). Coming back to this blog confirms that appreciating what we already have that is loving in our lives is the best healer from moments where we have chosen to believe we are less in some way.
Appreciation of yourself opens you up to appreciate others and to be aware of the beauty all around you whereas a lack of appreciation in yourself leads you the other way.
Thank you Nicole for your simple yet powerful message, to deeply appreciate ourselves is an honouring of who we truly are and allows us to love and appreciate everyone around us as well. Appreciation is a gift that continually keeps on giving.
Once we see everything is a learning then no matter if the situation is annoying or not we can gain an understanding there is something to clock.
So true leighoflight. When we react emotionally to anything we can get all caught up in the drama of the situation and this definitely disconnects us and takes us away from ourselves. On the flip side when we stay steady and connected to ourselves regardless of or even in spite of what is happening to us and around us we remain anchored and solid and can weather any storm or drama.
And the choice that no matter what is happening around or to us we always have the option to stop and start again.
How beautiful and key to what you share: choosing to reconnect at moments you would normally give the ‘reaction’ the go. I recognize this. Recently I could feel that after one big reaction I chose to have more followed.. I discovered that if I let this reaction (which is most of the time frustration or fury) one time have a go, the next time a situation is presented, where I get the choice of love or to resist love and go into reaction, -I would go easier in reaction. But how come, I asked myself, why? I would have often let myself get away with going into reaction -in order to not feel the hurt that was underneath.
What I felt is very important is the moment I feel a reaction in myself.. I stop.. and make sure I allow space feeling my body before acting- as most of the time I would strongly sense my choice: do I stay with myself or go out of it -this is simply a commitment, discipline and choice to then stay with myself. So that I do not let my head get away with this while my body has to cope with the end result -most of the time in these cases; devastation and exhaustion. Time to stop.
Appreciation is an art worth studying and deepening everyday. It seems the flowers of appreciation never die – not even when our physical body drops from us.
Beautifully said Felix ” the flowers of appreciation never die– not even when our physical body drops from us.” I feel the importance of living in the constant appreciation on a daily basis is the key for life.
Beautiful reminder Felix to master the art of appreciation by developing it in our everyday life. The more we appreciate the more our life becomes joyful, fun and loving.
Yes taking a moment when things don’t go as planned really does open up many more possibilities to truly appreciate how awesome we are and I feel a lot more flow to life is created too without so many reactions flying around.
I agree Kelly. Reactions only makes us more frustrated and it makes us become contracted. Everything flows and expands when we allow ourselves to feel, stay open and connected.
I too have found that I am pausing more before going into reaction. I can feel something inside of me waving a red flag, letting me know that after the instant relief of getting angry or whatever, comes the reality of having to deal with what is left over in my body from my choices. If I make a loving choice – fantastic, no problems and I can appreciate that. But if I go the opposite way it sometimes this takes days to clear and re-balance myself. Knowing all this is helping me make much wiser choices these days.
Yes I can totally relate to this Helen. If I haven’t been making loving choices leading up to situations where things don’t go to plan I am more likely to react. But by building a constancy with more and more loving choices I seem to have less reactions. The key is to stay connected and loving as much as possible so we are solid and gentle when tricky situations come up for us to deal with.
Going into those reactions and stresses that can cause far more damage and harm than at the time we care to admit, is not worth it when we allow ourselves to feel what that does to us. To stop and say no to going off into those tantrums is huge because when I do stop, much more clarity comes into the subject. The perception that reaction and stress is the only way, or that we are trapped in such a cycle is simply not true! We can address anything life throws at us without making it a big drama.
Great point Leigh choosing to go into drama only feeds it. To stop what we usually do and redirect how we would approach tricky situations and stay connected to ourselves is key. Connection brings clarity and more love for sure.
So true Chan, connection not only brings clarity and a whole lot more love, but when we interact with others from a place of connection, we share that quality – and that love – with them also.
I have been there done that with the airline ticket in the past and made that dog sound Grrrrrr when you have to start over again. Now it something does not flow I pause and reflect why whatever is not flowing. I find if I walk away and do something else when I come back it will flow or it doesn’t really need to be done. I don’t believe in my entire life before Universal Medicine I have ever appreciated myself ,it was an alien phrase. I have spent all those years wearing the different hats of who I was expected to be in an attempt to be appreciated form out side of me. Now, you last line says it all ‘How lovely it is to enjoy being me – what could be better?! ‘
Life lived in this non-reactive way is – for me – the only way. So much of life asks us and expects us to become frustrated, or aggressive or emotional or excited about it, causing emotions to run our bodies and when that happens to me, I feel sick, seriously nauseous.
This is a powerful lesson that we could all learn much from because when we do react in situations like the one you have described it actually makes it worse not better and we miss out from truly listening to what the message might be that it is sharing with us.
I liked the example of the computer and I admire how you handled the situation, its a really good way to handle all situations that dont go your way.
Coming back to this blog I feel there is so much to appreciate about my life and how far I have come. That mindset of constantly going and ‘moving on’ simply doesn’t work. Pausing for a moment to appreciate how far I have come then moving on that new platform as opposed to the old ‘me’ I may have hung onto for far too long, feels much more supportive.
Appreciating and confirming the gorgeousness we ALREADY are is essential to creating a solid foundation of self-love within our own bodies.
It is important to honour and appreciate the changes in ourselves. I’m aware of the changes but perhaps don’t take the time to truly appreciate them – so thank you for the loving reminder.
That’s so great: To feel joy in myself, that I don’t want to react, because it would take me out of this beautiful feeling of being with me. Such a simple and yet profound approach to life. It shows the importance of building a rhythm that supports me being in joy with me – hence: appreciating myself!
Absolutely Felix establishing a way of living feeling steady in ourselves is key to deepening our understanding and appreciation of situations. I find when I get too caught up in the rat race of everything I need to do moments of understanding and appreciation become less frequent.
Introducing the concept of self-appreciation has been a big one for me and I now have fun rather than frustration when something does not run as smoothly as I expect it to. I stop, look at how I have been living and appreciate that I have been given the opportunity to be more gentle with myself. The presentations of Universal Medicine have opened my understanding to the fun in appreciating myself and all my body and all that happens is showing me.
That’s a great way to approach moments Mary, with fun, not frustration. I hadn’t really connected the dots that appreciation is like the antidote to frustration, but feeling this now, it will most certainly make reactions much less likely, a calm, gentle responses very usual and normal.
Thank-you Nicole I would like to express my appreciation for you for writing this. It was so lovely to read I could feel the grace in your appreciation of self. And an inspiring example that there is always a choice to either stay connected to feeling that loveliness or go into an emotional reaction.
I like how you decided to pause, to take a little break after the whole booking didn’t go through, and then started over again. It is so easy to go into reaction, if we allow it to, as there are many incidents during the day that could be a reason to react. It is as you say much lovelier, indeed it is super lovely not to react and to stay with oneself and to take it from there.
I love that in the awareness you have developed of how emotions and reactions feel in your body, you can now choose to no longer allow them to take you away from how lovely you feel just being you, hold onto you and then deeply appreciate how amazing both this and yourself are… Gorgeous.
What a gorgerous reminder that we have a choice to react or response and to appreciate all ourselves.
Leigh, that line really stood out for me also. Giving yourself a moment to ask at the point of choice, do I really want to leave the gorgeousness of me?
Felicity, your line about indulging in reaction feels spot on. That line has given me a little wake up call. I quite often react to my kids and take myself away from my stillness. Time to bring it back to my awareness. Thanks Felicity.
I am beginning to feel how self-appreciation needs to become a rhythm in ones life. A loving rhythm that continually reminds you of your beauty, building strong foundations to keep building on.
How easy it can be to ‘solve a problem’, no fuss no complications, just simple non reactive choices.
I can’t think of anything better than being fully myself, the longer the better; the deeper the sweeter, I become.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m sure I would have reacted in such a situation, but I can now see how appreciation can help in everyday situations.
I have been working on appreciating myself more for a while, a daily exercise. This morning I realised that I can allow myself more to just be me, appreciate myself for being me, stop ‘trying’ to appreciate myself more (for that still feels linked to things outside of me, ideals I may still hold on to) and start allowing myself more to be (me) and appreciate the quality and love that I am.
Lovely Tweet 🙂
I was just like you not very familiar with self appreciation. But the more I work with it, the better it feels! Thanks for inspiring again!
This is so beautiful- I know these situations where I confirm myself by not reacting, which is a huge step, because over my whole life it has been easier to react instead of taking responsibility. I like how you bring in the appreciation, always something I can work on.
Appreciating myself is something I used to find fairly difficult. I had it in my head that appreciating myself was like being full of myself, but I realised that this way of thinking was actually very harmful. I now understand how important it is and how it is incredible to fully appreciate myself, who I am and how amazing I am. When I appreciate myself fully nothing can cause me to wobble or react and I feel completely solid and super powerful.
I agree – the ability not to react. Sigh. A great ability to work on for me.
I love it christophschnelle! It is one for me to work on also.
Great to read this again today. Thank you so much for sharing.
The noise of sugar is deafening from within – it’s like you can’t even function, let alone have a sense of remembering what you need to do.
This is gorgeous. So simple, so clear. “How lovely it is to enjoy being me – what could be better?!”
I agree nothing is better than being ourselves.
Hihi, I had excactly the same thing yesterday with booking flights and there was half a second where I could feel the frustration coming up, but then I let it go and just gracefully started again, and again…until it worked.
That is awesome. That would feel so much better then getting angry and mad at a computer and a situation you don’t have control over. It’s awesome the change in so many people since they have met the Benhayon Family and been inspired by the way they live.
Yes, Rachel, it is the little things that make such a big difference. In the past it didn’t make any sense to me that these little things matter but over time I am seeing that the little things are almost everything – if you work on these, everything else becomes a lot easier, something I learned from Serge Benhayon.
It is really great when I don’t need to react any more to something that upset me in the past. It seems like a process of awareness – every time I am in that (frustrating or upsetting) situation I slowly have more awareness, making it easier to react less and less and one day I have full understanding and stop reacting. A lovely process.
Ha, this is great. I find that my reactions to situations like these are all the more stronger when I have not stayed open to all that is going on for me. I may be not dealing with things at work, or at home, and then bang, I find I cannot handle a situation as simple as the one you have shared. Great reminder about the power of how the simplicity of breath can keep us connected to what is true. Thank you.