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Improve Your Self-Esteem by Tapping the Positive
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Without
bothering to use any negative (“Even though…”) statement at
the beginning of your sentence, simply tap on each EFT point in turn while
repeating:
“I’m
grateful to myself for making my breakfast (or making the effort to eat this
food, etc.).” …. “I’m grateful to myself for
making my breakfast (or making the effort to eat this food,
etc.).” …. “, tapping in this phrase at each
acupoint.
Or you
might say, “I appreciate the fact that I made myself breakfast”,
etc.
Or, “Thank you (your name) for making me breakfast (using the effort
to eat) etc.”
Then sit
back and notice what happens.
At first
this EFT exercise may seem somewhat confusing to you. After all, this
is a very tiny self-service to have performed in the great scheme of things,
something you wouldn’t ordinarily notice or give any importance to, so
why should you thank yourself for it?
Actually,
that’s the whole point of the exercise! It works because a
staggeringly high percentage (I would guess that it’s well over 99%) of
the thousands of acts we perform each day, go unnoticed by ourselves, or by
anyone else. They go unheralded and un-thanked. We ourselves
don’t recognize or give any value to the continual services we perform
for our own selves in daily living, or to the expenditure of effort and
thought they represent.
However,
we are keenly aware of the services we do NOT perform, the things we
don’t do, or that we do in a way we don’t approve of. How
do you think this continual attention to the negative, and unawareness of the
positive, may be affecting your self esteem?
As you
do this exercise by “tapping in” your gratitude and recognition
for any little taken-for-granted service that you perform today, you will
begin to notice that thoughts may come to your mind that go something like
this:
“It
really is nice that I prepared that breakfast for myself –– I
appreciate it (or, Thank you (your name) or whatever way you want to express
your appreciation.” Or you might think,
“It
really did take effort on my part to chew that food and swallow it, and I
kept everything neat and clean at the same time –that’s pretty
amazing when you come to think of it! I really appreciate it (your
name) (or you may prefer to say “I’m grateful to myself for…”)
etc. And so forth….
What happens
when I do this is that I start noticing more and more occasions when I can
thank myself for little things, and when I tap these in, the habit of
recognizing and thanking myself for very small things I do becomes even
stronger and I appreciate myself more and more frequently. As I tap in
my gratitude to myself for very small acts, I get an amazing sense of being
noticed at last. This feeling might be described in words like:
“Finally,
someone has noticed! They (really myself!) are noticing how much effort
I put in every day of my life to do the things I’m supposed to do, or
the things I’ve set my mind to do, and they (that’s me!)
appreciate and love me for this!”
The
great thing about doing this exercise is that, after only a few repetitions
of it, during which you’ve recognized and appreciated yourself for a
few simple acts, you may well have a lovely feeling inside– a
“warm fuzzy” feeling as the saying goes. You will sense
that you now have someone in your corner so to speak, someone who knows and loves
you in an alert and sensitive way. This someone is like a genuinely
loving parent who gently encourages you at all times, and is always at your
side. This someone is you!
Do you
know what doing this will do for your self esteem? Have you any idea how
it will affect the rest of your day, and the rest of your life, if you do it
often?
You will
only know when you try it!
EFT Master, Dr. Patricia Carrington
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