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A Gift to Share for the Holidays

A Greatness Tool for Emergence During a Time of Heightened Crises & Unrelenting challenges—into the New Year

Here’s something we can all do to make a difference in our world during the holidays. These are my favorite celebratory exercises. I’ve grouped them by different aspects of y(our) world.

1) Together:
Gather your loved ones and create a special time to acknowledge gratitude and appreciation. Many of us ritualize this time by passing around candles and lighting one as your turn comes while you speak out:

a. What’s mattered most to you in the past year.
b. Share what you are grateful for.
c. Let go of the past year…welcome in/be open to new…lead us into our future...

2) For YOU:
Get Ready, Set for 2011!

This simple exercise is extremely powerful. Time goes by so quickly that we forget to celebrate the good things that happen and to acknowledge what we need to learn going forward.

First light a candle and write down each of the following. Then, if you are so moved, read them aloud blowing out the candle after you’ve said the last one.

• What are the 25 things I’m most proud of accomplishing this year?
• What were my disappointments and what did I turn over to a Higher Power to handle?
• Who am I most happy to have in my life?
• What is the most significant fact or area of personal growth for me?
• What would I have done differently, and what is the lesson I got from it?
• What 5 things am I most grateful for, and how will I show it?

3) For Visionaries & Game Changers:

• What are our leadership/winning strengths?
• What needs to be strengthened?
• What mistakes?
• What regrets?
• What do you need to learn?
• Or change?
• What are next steps?

4) For ALL:
In addition to our more tangible goals: better…more…next, how about adding:
Realize

• your hope and vision for a better life for all
• your yearning to be awake and fully conscious
• your birthright to greatness
• your leadership potential

If we are open to the magic and mystery, each stage of our life brings us to greater understanding of ourselves and our world... brings us closer to why we are here at this time of planetary transformation…coming into alignment with our innate greatness.

© 2010 Karen Sands/Future Works Institute, Ltd. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated, retransmitted or reproduced without permission. Future Works® is the registered trademark of Future Works Institute, Ltd.

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