Today I took a plastic carrier bag with me when I walked round the nature reserve. Why? So I could pick up bits of rubbish - beer cans, bottles, crisp wrappers - that had been bothering me when I walked ("Why do people do it?" I'd say to myself. Then I changed it to "What can I do about it?")
The inspiration for this came from my friend & teacher Bill Cumming (www.oneperson.net), who invited me to find a way to leave every environment better than I found it. I've always been quite an untidy person, but the idea of making each room I went into just a little better before I left it seemed much more manageable than "changing my ways".
Then I drew a connection between this idea & something I learned when I first started studying NLP: leave people better than they were when you found them.
These are simple principles to practice on a daily basis, & will improve the quality of YOUR life (to say nothing of the lives of those you touch).
Imagine if we all practiced these two principles...
You don't have to! Just start doing them, & they will have a viral effect, spreading to others. When you make someone feel good, they pass it on. When you improve a space, others will be inspired to do the same.
And even if they don't, you'll improve your inner space every time you do it!
To your success,
Big love
Jamie
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Hi Jamie,
This post rings so true as Hypnotists we want people to be better when they leave the office after coming to see us. Just imagine if we could follow this same principal with everyone we meet in our lifetime? Very powerful, yet simple post. Thanks Jamie
Very true, taking action rather than asking why solves the problem.
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