Month 4 Day 120 of 365
Ending the 4th Month of Empowerment 365!
It has been four months since we started this journey together. I am excited about the change, growth and development that many of you are reporting. Please continue to become encouraged, motivated and inspired to put forth the effort to work on yourselves. Again, it is my sincere wish that YOU learn, change and grow from the daily Empowerment activities. Now that we have established a foundation, the next step is the proper utilization of the Empowerment tools. Please remember that effort, focus and commitment are the keys to success with the Empowerment. I encourage YOU to continue to develop the tools of Empowerment and utilize them on a daily basis. Lastly, I would like to thank all of YOU for your support, encouraging words, comments and for allowing me to share what is in my heart with YOU each day. I wish each of YOU joy, peace, love and happiness today, each day, everyday one day at a time.
This month we have practiced and developed the following concepts and ideas:
Beginning Your Day
Gratitude
Begin your day with thoughts and feelings of gratitude. It is very important to start each day with the feeling of gratitude and appreciation.
Quiet Reflection
Sit quietly, close your eyes and feel the feelings of gratitude for your life, your sight, your hearing, your heart, waking with a sound mind and your health.
Application
As YOU go through your day today, find as many reasons as YOU can to be grateful.
Forgiveness
Begin each day with thoughts of forgiveness. It is important to start your day with positive thoughts and with forgiveness. To create balance in your life, YOU must begin to leave yesterday fully in the past. Start each day with forgiving yourself for all hurtful words, actions, activities or behaviors.
Application
Find one thing to forgive yourself or someone for today. Practice forgiving yourself and others for negative events from your past.
Make an Effort to practice forgiveness today and everyday.
Quiet Reflection
Sit quietly and feel the feelings of forgiveness. Begin to feel the feeling of peacefulness and of release. Allow this feeling to move throughout your entire body. While YOU are mentally releasing, begin to breathe, long, slow, deep breaths, Begin to feel relaxed and at ease.
Practice quiet reflection for a few moments today and each day.
Humility
Today, practice humility by considering others as important as yourself. Begin to make a conscious and consistent effort to consider the needs of others. Practicing humility each day will allow YOU to create balance within your life.
Application
Today, practice humility by directing your thoughts toward making humility a part of your daily life. Select a person that YOU would like to provide a service or do something nice for. Repeat the thought "I AM Humble" Repeat this thought as much as YOU for as long as YOU can today.
Begin to practice humility today, each day, everyday, one day at a time.
Empowerment Pledge
I will work on myself,
I will work on my issues, concerns hurts and pains.
I will, with support and assistance, strive to develop the tools necessary for me to become a better person.
I will welcome growth within myself by acknowledging that I am becoming better today, each day everyday, one day at a time.
Make a commitment to work on YOU daily.
I AM Statements
Today, direct your time, attention and thoughts toward the thing(s) that YOU know YOU need to work on or change.
I AM Working on Myself, I AM Humble, I AM Peaceful, I AM Kind, I AM Disciplined, I AM Focused, I AM Healthy, I AM Positive, I AM Great, I AM Special, I AM Unique, I AM Forgiving, I AM Loving, I AM Trusting, I AM Beautiful and I AM A Gift.
Review your list of I AM Statements daily.
Monitoring YOUR Thoughts, Feelings, Moods and Emotions
Monitor your thoughts, feelings, moods and emotions during your day today. Continue to think and feel as if YOU have accomplished your goal. Make the thoughts and feelings of success and accomplishment a part of your current way of thinking. Carry this positive thought/feeling with YOU throughout your day. Reflect on all of your unique, talents and gifts. Think and believe that YOU are worthy of success.
Utilize "I AM Great" as your dominant thought/feeling for today. Remind yourself to think and feel thoughts of success and accomplishment all day today.
It is important to think positive thoughts each day, because your thoughts create your reality.
The Way YOU Feel
Continue to direct your thoughts toward your feelings, moods and emotions. Utilize your ability to manage your mood by redirecting yourself with power of positive thinking. Practice monitoring and managing your thoughts, feelings, moods and emotions throughout your day today.
Make the way YOU feel an important part of your day today and everyday.
Quiet Time
Take a few moments for quiet time today. Allow yourself to experience some form of quiet, calm silence. Create a space where YOU can relax. Quietly think thoughts of peacefulness and tranquility while slowly taking long deep breaths. Let them out slowly and just relax!
Focus
Today, focus on thoughts of gratitude, forgiveness and humility. Focus your attention on controlling and managing the way YOU feel. Continue to direct your thoughts, feelings, actions and activities toward positive things. Focus on loving and caring for yourself even more today.
Focus on YOU today, each day, everyday, one day at a time.