Get Deliberate: A good friend of mine heard this wonderful intention setting reminder during a Twelve Step meeting. I love it It's called the Vowel Check:** A E I O U Y**
A - Have I been Abstinent today? (However you define that- I find it a little more challenging when it comes to things like food, work, and the computer.)
E - Have I exercised today?
I - What have I done for myself today?
O - What have I done for Others today?
U - Am I holding on to Unexpected emotions today?
Y - Yeah! What is something good that's happened today?
Get Inspired: I'm inspired by this quote from writer and researcher Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: "People are like stained glass-windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within" I really believe the light is a person's spirit. I love the idea of being "lit from within"
Get Going: I love daily mediations and prayers. Sometimes the best way for me to get quiet is quiet prayer.
HOW DO I DIG DEEP?
I also practice gratitude when I first get up before I even put my feet on the ground. This is self awareness of all the blessings in my life (start the day in maximized optimizium). I repeat this practice before I go to bed. I also do a personal inventory once a day when I brush my teeth it varies sometimes it is in the morning (inventory of the day before) or at night inventory of the day. I also journal everyday in the evening and use the Vowel check as a guide. I think the key to Digging Deep is Self Honesty which is not just recognizing all that easy surface stuff but really dig deep you are the only sharing this with you, yourself and I. Digging Honestly Deep is so healing you will not believe the difference you feel free. It is like taking bricks off your shoulders.
