How to use Appreciation to Accelerate Your Life

What you appreciate appreciates. The end😊. I’m kidding. But in short that basically sums it up. Typically, when we talk about things appreciating in value, we equate it to paintings and other collectable items that tend to appreciate over time. However, the energy of appreciation can be applied to any part of your life. This includes, relationships, business, children, where you live, finances; the list is endless.

When you show appreciation for what you already have in your life it is Law that more of it must reveal itself to you. The problem is we tend to complain more than we appreciate. Unfortunately, the Law works both ways. The more you complain, the more you’ll have things to complain about. But when you focus on appreciating what you have, these things increase in value. What you focus on grows. That’s the Law.

Below are various ways you can use appreciation to accelerate your life.

Embrace your struggles

Yup, I said it. Honestly, this is the most powerful one. We as a people like to only appreciate when something “good” happens and denounce the “bad”. However, if your spiritual senses are clear you can always find the silver lining. There are always lessons to be learned. So, while you may deem yourself in a bad situation, I’m sure there are great lessons you gained from it. That’s what your appreciation should be focused upon.

Also, when you learn to be appreciative for all things you become whole. There are no longer parts of you that are separated from your total life experiences. When we only accept certain parts of our lives, we break ourselves up into fragmented parts. We then feel disconnected from life and Source Energy and lack understanding as to why certain circumstances keep showing up for us. Once you can appreciate it all you bring yourself back into wholeness. This helps you to drop judgements against your circumstances and move forward in peace.

Cherish the people in your life

We can sometimes take the people in our life for granted. Be it friends, a spouse, and even our children. Are you guilty of thinking and speaking more about how these people irk your nerves? I’ll definitely take that charge! Until the day came when I realized what I was doing. I became aware that I was more focused on the things that irritated me instead of being grateful for who they already are and the things I love about them. Incorporating this practice allowed me to notice subtle changes in their behaviors. Or maybe it wasn’t so subtle. Maybe it was there all along and I was just blinded by all the irritation. Either way, different attributes were revealed to me that didn’t have my attention before.

Think about yourself. You know how it feels when you believe you aren’t being appreciated. It makes you shut down. In some cases, you may want to completely stop dealing with a person if they don’t recognize your value. Well, now you understand how the people around you may feel if they’re not being appreciated. Even if you’re not saying it with your mouth, you’re still emitting the energy of frustration. You can use your words as a façade and pretend that you feel appreciation for them, but energy never lies.

So, think about the people close to you in your life. You can find at least one thing that you appreciate about them. Let that one thing be your line of focus.

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See the value for what’s in your bank account

Ok, so quick story time. A little over a year ago I was staying with my mother and planning to move. I needed everything for my new place because I had left all of my belongings except for my essentials at my old place. On top of that, I had some debts that needed to be paid off and was wondering how I was going to get it all done. Long story short, I had to start appreciating the money I did have. Instead of feeling discouraged when I checked my bank account, I would be thankful that I had any money in there at all! Despite what the amount was. I would feel gratitude whenever I had to pay for something because I realized that it could be worse. I could’ve had absolutely no money at all to cover the expenses I did have.

Any amount of money that would fall into my lap, I appreciated it. Even if it was finding an extra quarter in a vending machine. This helped me tremendously because a short while later I was blessed with a lump sum of money that helped me get everything for my home, pay off my debts and still have plenty left over. So, I know it works. These are not theories I’m sharing, it’s real life experience.

Fill in the blanks in your life

As you can see, you can choose any area of your life and add more appreciation to it. What you appreciate always grow in value over time. Whenever you find yourself complaining, feeling frustrated or ungrateful, take a moment and find something to appreciate. This may pose as a challenge at first, but you will get better the more you practice. You can use a journal as well to write down what you appreciate. I would recommend doing this at night so that you can go to sleep with gratitude in your heart instead of angst or irritation. Try it out for 30 days and see if you notice any subtle shifts in your life. I promise you will.

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