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As I face people and situations today, my goal is to locate points of appreciation. This is especially true for people and situations that I'm having "friction," with. The truth is that, if there is no appreciation, there can be no caring, no compassion, no hope, no trust, no feeling of goodwill.

Locating points of appreciation can be very useful to our emotional and spiritual well-being. Buddha once said, "What we think about expands." If we find something that we don't like in a person or a situation, we focus our energy and attention on that negative emotion. As we sustain our focus, we can potentially turn a ripple into a tsunami. And therein is the danger, because we can allow ourselves to be carried away by those negative feelings.

It's simple to say, difficult to practice. But it seems as though, it's always the simple or small things which turn into our biggest life preservers. Let's strive and combine our energy today in noticing and locating things in others and situations that are worthy of our appreciation. We can generate waves of positive emotion which can and will spread to others.

Namaste'

Jaye Morris, Curator
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