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Finding the Positive In All We Say, Hear and Do
Learning how to seek the positive can open new opportunities in your thoughts, words and actions.
Encompassment is the art of finding the positive in all we say, hear, and do. Through encompassment, we connect with those around us by finding commonality, relationship, and congruity. When we are encompassing, our hearts are open and we are able to love what is.
What is encompassment?
Wait, what about what isn’t acceptable?
Of course, there are actions in the world that are different from what we want. We know there are people who shut out their own source and so are unable to see, understand, and feel, how their actions affect those around them. Sometimes we are those people. How do we encompass in these situations? Rather than focus on a particular act, we acknowledge the pain of the person acting. Rather than focus on anger, ours or theirs, we look to see what the anger covers. Sadness? Fear? We ask ourselves how we can be compassionate, and we act accordingly.
We remember
What goes around, comes around. Knowing we all get what we give, whether immediately or in the future, we give good and make the world the kind of world in which we want to live. We speak mindful, truthful, useful, compassionate words. We act in ways that are kind and positive. We grow and use our skill of encompassment, and in doing so make our lives easier, calmer, more even-keeled, while bringing peace to those around us.
Suggested Action:
The next time you are looking, listening or doing something, take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle of the page. Put the word “negative” in one column and “positive” in the other. Then proceed with the experience and see what thoughts come bubbling up. Write them in the appropriate column. If they are all positive, you are already practicing encompassment. If not, think of a positive angle on what is happening and write it in the positive column. Sometimes you can re-write the negative thought as it’s opposite, and it might be just as true.
Listen to Audio of this Tip: The Art of Encompassment 2m12s: http://shinelikethesun.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Encompassment.mp3
(Sometimes hearing the tip causes you to process it differently.)
- June 2, 2024
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Leanne Cusumano Roque
