APPRECIATION
When we left our story,
a giant blob of negative energy was hurling at the
BEAUTY BALL
when it was instantly redirected.
Weeks ago, I shared with you a story of being at a new friend’s party,
with a group of women who were all speaking a different language.
While their faces were friendly, I felt an obvious barrier to entry.
I was proud of myself that what would have once manifested as social anxiety
was now a feelng of ease in the envirenment,
plus a self-supportive decision to leave the party early.
And then I decided to dance!
It wasn’t the dancing that changed my experence of the evening.
I still felt the tiniest twinge not of social anxiety, but of social discomfort/self consciousness,
dancing amoung a group of strangers.
It didn’t stop me from making the decision to dance.
BTW -I wasn’t even really digging the music, I just felt lke dancing
and being in the middle of the beauty full energy being created by the dancers
(who REALLY seemed to be loving the music!)
As I danced,
I could feel a little voice in me saying,
‘Way to go, Karen! Keep it chill.
Don’t think about what they are thinking of you – the outsider.
Enjoy!”
I was proud of myself for doing so.
And then, I had an epiphany:
I suddenly, and without notice or conscious effort, jumped to a different P.O.V.
It felt like I’d suddently bounced deeper inside myself.
I didn’t remember ever feeling this before.
I was still standing on the crowded dancefloor,
but I suddenly felt farther away from everyone!
And, more importantly, spearate from any of those tiny awkward feelings I was naviating.
It felt vast, and neitral and peaceful from this place inside me.
I felt NONE of what I had perceived was coming in at me a moment earlier.
And in that peaceful neutrality,
I was able to make a new decision:
To SHINE:
To give every ounce of beauty full energy out to everyone there.
And, boy did they feel it.
When the music stopped, everyone on that dancefloor
suddenly started speaking, in broken English, to me,
tellng me how amazing I was.
And they weren’t talking about my dancing.
They say that 93% of comuncation is non-verbal and I proved it that night.
In my life, I’ve had many epiphanies like this.
They are different than the personal growth goals I consciously set and achieve.
I don’t know where they come from, but I always take note.
This experience became the basis for my
BEAUY BALL CENTERING TECHNIQUE.
RIPPLE EFFECTS
Many months later, I was working with a client who was having deep anticipatory stress
over a gahthering she was to attend in her tiny town.
One of the guests that day, would be someone who she felt had betrayed her,
and, in this town, where everyone knew everyone else, the she know that the ‘betrayer’ would inevitably appear
at gatherings she would attend.
Prior to out session, she had tried several common self-sootihng exercises,
and they had calmed her only slightly.
I then took her on a trip to her
BEAUTY BALL.
I didn’t talk about the interaction she was about the have.
I talked about that vast beauty full space in her inner space.
I guded her into her Queen,
the amazing vastness of the beauty ball,
the feeling of floating.
She was already better.
I told her she could decorate this holographic space any way she wanted.
I suggesteed some beauty full, iridescent upholstery!
She loved it.
I then explained that, from in there, you feel none of the feelings on the outside
unless you CHOOSE to do so.
I asked her to imagine her gathering and inevitable encounter with the person.
In her mind, she was suddenly able , might I say, effortlessly,
to do what she had been failing to days to achieve.
She was able to visualize going to her gathering, having a pleasant interaction with this person
and it having no adverse effect on her enjoyment of the event.
And guess what?
When I next saw her, she told me that the day had unfloded exactly as she consciously imagined!
She had centered into her BEUAUTY BALL. and had a glorious time.
In fact, she started having a gloroius time BEFORE she even st foot at the event
the minute she went into the ball!
EXPANDING AND EVOLVING
At the beginning of your journey, I told you that
SELF~LOVE~LAND is a world full of ideas.
But at the core of it is this:
EVERY DAY, DO AT LEAST ONE THING
TO CONNECT WITH YOUR BEAUTY FULL SELF!
Now, after all these first weeks you’ve spent evolving on journey.
the message evolves as well:
EVERY DAY, STEP IN TO YOUR VAST, FLOATING, BEAUTY FULL CENTRE
AND THIS ONE THING
INSTANTLY CONNECTS YOU WITH YOUR BEAUTY FULL SELF!
it is instantly glorious in there,
and that action alone is enough,
but it’s also just the begininng – the beauty baseline –
what other glorious appreciation will you create in there
and send out the the world?
INAUGURATIONS, APPRECIATIONS
& OVATIONS!
On this day,
as BA~TA~KA enters the
BEAUTY BALL,
she is met with what appears to be
a rousing standing ovation
but which is actually a rousing floating ovation.
The floating ovation is one of SELF~LOVE~LAND’s 4 greatest types of ovation,
along with the swaying ovation, the dancing ovation,
and the ultra-rare swimming ovation
performed only once, in 1988,
when a young Roger Bardot began
sleep-sychronized swimming with a family of Dolphins in the S.E.A. River.
The eight special guests giving BA~TA~KA her ovation are
delegates from the Universal Betteration Federation, including:
a maple tree, a cherry tree, a crab apple tree, a dogwood tree,
a magnolia tree, a lilac tree, a redbud tree, and an exquisite mauve iris.
REDBUD:
A glorious good day to our beauty full guest of honour!
On behalf of all the members of the U.B.F.F.
We’d like to congratulate you on your incredible journey
to the heart of your centre!
Each week, we’ve watched you
APPRECIATE
in new and exciting ways,
as we watched our own
APPRECIATION
of you exponentialize!
Today, we’re here to help you with the speech for your inauguration next week.
BA~TA~KA:
Thank you so much, everyone!
The beauty fuel that you’ve all provided me over these last weeks,
has been a true game changer!
But I’m a bit confused.
What Inauguration? What Speech?
MAGNOLIA:
The inauguration to commemorate the official beginning of your beauty full
new relationship with S.E.L.F.!
A new era of
connection, communcation, collaboration and creativity!
You also get a free membership to the S.E.A. River Resort
and a $∞ git card for the Chakralosophy Spa.
BA~TA~KA:
That sounds lovely, but what’s this speech all about,
and how long until the ceremony?
I’ll need time to prepare.
MAPLE:
Nonsense!
You’ve given this speech a million times!
BA~TA~KA
Excuse me?
DOGWOOD:
Well, to be more specific,
You S.E.L.F. has recited appreciation speeches to you millions of times!
Exactly 8 million and 6 times, to be precise,
And since you’re the same person, it’s all in that beauty full brain of yours!
The heart-brain to be precise!
BA~TA~KA:
What is this speech supposed to be about?
IRIS:
Do you remember at the end of week 2,
you wrote an appreciation speech to a best friend,
but then the tables were turned and you were asked to
speak those same words to your S.E.L.F.?
Now you’re ready to knowingly write one to your S.E.L.F.,
CRAB APPLE:
It doesn’t have to be anything long or fancy.
Just drop into your heart and let it come naturally.
REDBUD:
To make it easier, we’ve gone back into the archives
and created a montage of some of S.E.L.F.’s most memorable speeches to you.
You can use them for inspiration.
Here are just a few:
January 18th, 1988:
Hey Girl!
Today, when we heard the Queen song, You’re My Best Friend,
it inspired me to go out and get lifesized tattoo of our face on my face!
Thanks for making my life better every single day!
Love,
S.E.L.F.!
September 25th, 1991:
Hey Beauty Full!
Tonight, when your boobs saved a life at the Elton John concert,
I was as proud of you as I’ve been every other day of your life!
Thanks for being ready for anything the universe throws at you!
We rock!
Love,
S.E.L.F.!
April 28th, 2027:
Hey Snowflake!
It’s been a year since the inauguration,
and I have to say, the last 365 days have been pure magic!
As you know, I’ve been telling you, forever, how amazing I think you are,
when you started talking back, it’s taken me to levels of euphoria beyond
anything I could have imagined!
All I can say is, that custom-painted safety helmet and padded bathtub
you got me at Christmas, have really been coming in handy!
I’d say you’re the best, but you know I’d never limit you that way!
so Baby, beleive me when I say,
YOU’RE THE BETTER!
Keep on appreciating!
Forever yours,
S.E.L.F.!
YOUR APPRECIATION
PLEASE WRITE AN APPRECIATION SPEECH
TO YOUR S.E.L.F.
THAT YOU CAN READ AT OUR
INAUGURATION CELEBRATION
IN CLASS THIS TUESDAY!
EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BEAM A BEAUY FULL BROADCAST!















