This week is my anniversary – a celebration of finding the most incredible person among the 7 billion people on the planet, and choosing to build a life together. Things are happy for us because we both believe we have the ability and responsibility to invent our lives – it is our choice how excited, fired up and passionate we live. So we choose large. We choose exceptional. And this first starts by appreciating each other and our world.
This week, I ask you to join me in using the phrase have I told you how much I appreciate you? with the people in your life. A simple phrase that reminds us to value, honor and acknowledge the greatness we see in others.
Say “Have I told you how much I appreciate you…” with the following (or, add your own) – and use it with as many people as you can:
o For the way your smile can remind me I have everything I need – in you.
o For the things of beauty you add to my day.
o For your humor, love, sincerity and honesty.
o For making the best food on the planet.
o For watching out for me when I get too busy to do it for myself.
o For letting me screw up and not rubbing my nose in it, and forgiving me for it.
o For giving me a hug when it was exactly what I needed.
o For greeting me every morning with “Happy Anniversary” because every day is an anniversary of choosing to be together.
o For making an “event” out of the little things to make them great things.
o For saying ‘no’ to something you want so I can say ‘yes’ to something I want, and never bringing it up.
o For always doing your best – at everything.
o For choosing me to go through life with you.
Appreciation is the glue that keeps people together. Never miss an opportunity to notice each other’s greatness and appreciate it.
Make today the first day of your year of appreciative living. Then next year, on this date (your appreciative anniversary), commit to another year…and another. Soon, appreciative living will be your standard. And it all starts with “Have I told you how much I appreciate you for….?”
Please forward this to someone who can benefit from it and contact me for help in learning the art of appreciation.
