What feelings does the word ‘prepare’ elicit in you?

Is it excitement, trepidation, thoughts of much work, or happy anticipation?

As I focus on change, resilience and joy, I look for ways to share practical, constructive and positive actions and thoughts to assist you get through life easier, more efficiently and with well oiled wheels!

For example, preparation means something imminent is coming.

You may wish to consider two aspects:
1. The stuff you must DO and
2. How you want to BE for optimal performance.

1. Whether it is personal or professional planning all the things to do, and making the time to do them, graciously is imperative. This is where your ‘ToDo’ lists and maps, WITH time lines are crucial. ‘Make you plan and plan your work’ – good advice!
2. And to the bit you may not do… how would you like to BE to be able to be the best you can be for what is upcoming?
   Run through the ideal emotions for the occasion, is it: attentive, flexible, open, caring or maybe: relaxed, playful, mischievous? Select your chosen emotions and rehearse them! Yes! Every time that voice in your head starts to play the ‘awfulness’ scenario, thank it and play LOUDER your preferred emotions.

Use ‘preparing’ energy!

Have you considered that every action has a special energy?

Preparing energy might be a long, slow build up, like Ravel’s Bolero, or a full on, must do now requirement.

Therefore, become more aware of it, next time you need to prepare for something.
Look for the positive expectancy you can build.
In conclusion, consider all the steps necessary for your DOing and your BEing – enjoy this process as a complete activity. What actually HAPPENS is, as yet, unknown, however, you have done all you can to be ready!

Please let me know how you are applying your preparation energy!

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Is it that with many things that you have, you take them for granted?

Then, if suddenly they are removed, you really value and miss them?

And, if, after a while they are returned, you appreciate them greatly?!

If you are wondering what I am speaking about, here are some examples:

• you normally have good health and then catch a cold and feel awful, and then your ‘normal’ good health returns?
• you used to ‘have’ to be in the office, then covid changed that, now, would you like to be back?
• take for granted that you could pop out and see someone any time, and then couldn’t, and now can again – do you still want to?
• meaning to tell some one how much you value/love them, but you don’t and then can’t?
• your hearing / site and for some reason is temporarily not function so well?
• had a tooth and then loose it, is the gap good for whistling?!

Have – not – have?

The reason for all this, is to raise your awareness of all you DO have, and maybe increase, share, speak about how much you appreciate it – WHILST YOU STILL HAVE IT!

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