As part of my daily rituals, when the girls and I go for our run or hike, I will ask the Universe* to keep us safe, to help guide me to being fully present with the girls and the day, and then I also speak single words that I most want to experience for the day.   An intention setting rhythm and way of anchoring my attention ritual.   

Words may include joyfully, creatively, trustingly, playfully, receiving-ly, wisely, contentedly, gently, patiently, excitedly, compassionately.   Oh, so many more I can list, but I think you now realize the idea.     (Smile). 

In the few moments of reflecting on my day ahead that I know it will bring or that it needs to include (scheduled meetings, list of to-do’s, challenging projects, much multi-tasking, planned get-to-gethers, cooking a meal) I find that bringing awareness to one, three or five at most essential ways of BE-ing with the day establishes a groundedness within me and brings me into a presence with how I experience the rest of the day.    

Yes, exactly!  If you read Magnetize this is another way of drawing to you what you most want to experience in the 86,400 moments we are given each day.  And if you are now wondering what happens to these intention attention words when life brings the unplanned to our day?   Ah, I will say from experience, all the more reason to have these anchors.   The Universe has this magical way of bringing to us where these words can best apply themselves.   It’s rather amazing when I say “patiently” how I have at least one moment in the day when I am given the opportunity to burst out laughing – after the fact- when I was impatient about something and then heard remember you desired to know the essence of “patiently” today! (Laugh, wink, smile) 

Tomorrow when your day begins, give it a try.   Think of a word you want to experience in your day.  Then keep that word in your awareness and observe.  I welcome hearing how you lived your word out loud in your day!  

*Note:  Universe for me is defined as a very large TEAM that supports and surrounds me comprised of this Earth and not of this Earth, animal, human, guides, keepers, ancestors, spirits, Nature, Spirit, and the Sun, Moon, and stars, too.