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The G.I.F.T. Today

Grateful: for feeling like my life is much like the forest floor a year after a big fire, popping with green sprouts, new life, and new beginnings.

Intention-water is always moving and flowing, like me today

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Morning Meditation from The GratiDude

There are different degrees of fakeness in the world. There’s fakeness that feels very real in the moment like when you’re in “little Italy” in Epcot Center and taking a bite of handmade ravioli. When that taste hits your tongue and brain you might for a second attempt to convince yourself that you’re in a little village on the Amalfi coast during a European holiday.

The reality is you are in the middle of swampland and orange orchards one hundred miles from the closest coastline and sitting at a table next to Goofy and Donald Duck.

You’re not in Italy.

I can remember living in Orange County, California over 20 years ago and meeting a guy playing basketball who was a jeweler and specialized in knock off luxury watches a.k.a. replicas.

“ Imitation is the highest form of flattery and not everyone can afford to imitate Kobe Bryant down to the letter, that’s where my replica time pieces come into play and help those of us looking to keep up with the folks here in Southern California and make sure that we stay cool and hip”.

Well golly buddy, I need a fake Patek Phillip that I can care take for the next generation Posers in my family that might want to also wear fake luxury items in an attempt to achieve social status!

Thank God that’s not my program anymore and that I don’t feel the need to flaunt and floss anymore.

When you are only broadcasting bullshit that isn’t authentic to your higher self, you will only attract bullshit.

If you’re wondering why you can’t find any real people to have real relationship relationships with it is probably because you are not behaving in a tangible way that is in accordance with your higher self.

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13 Powerful Ways to Give Off Good Vibes

So, how can you cultivate an infectious aura of positivity? The concept of a person’s “vibes” isn’t founded on pseudoscience but rather on the well-known concept that 90% of communication is nonverbal. Body language, facial expressions, eye contact, and the many ways we communicate without speaking are all part of how to give off good vibes. But sending good vibes goes much further than nonverbal communication. It involves changing your mentality and the way you approach and view the world.

Ready to change your life and embrace positivity? Here are 13 great ways to start building a powerful mindset and cultivate positive vibes.

1. Keep Your Posture Open

The number one method for having a good vibe is to be open to the world. And this doesn’t just mean being open-minded, it also means physically opening yourself up to experiences and other people. Keeping an open posture signal to those around you that you’re providing a safe and approachable space. Try these tips for a more welcoming stance:

• When chatting to someone, try not to cross your arms or legs.

• Turn your face towards the person speaking to you.

• Try to maintain a straight posture and avoid slouching.

• And the most obvious one: smile!

2. Practice Mindfulness

While focusing your thoughts can be challenging, it’s a crucial part of the process if you want to learn how to give off good vibes. This means not just controlling your thoughts and emotions to remain concentrated and focused but acknowledging them and understanding why you’re having them. Meditation and focused breathing exercises can help to manage stress levels, which can deplete a person’s vitality and give off negative vibes. If you’ve ever been around someone who is tired or stressed, you know they lack the vigor and motivation to make their positive energy perceptible to others. People who don’t practice mindfulness regularly are often the ones who need good vibes themselves.

3. Buy a Positivity Bracelet

A positivity wristband is a wonderful tool for learning to acknowledge negativity and create new, positive habits. Whenever you feel a negative thought creeping up, shift the bracelet from one wrist to another. Doing this throughout the day will teach you to become more aware of when those negative thoughts arise, as well as what triggers them. Once you notice them, you’ll be able to replace them with more positive and balanced thoughts. This is a great starting point for people who need positive vibes but aren’t sure how to start cultivating them. Positivity bracelets come in a variety of styles so you can find your perfect match. Each design and material have the same goal of bringing happiness into your life.

4. Recognize Negative Thought Patterns

We’re all human, and we tend to fall into negative thought patterns from time to time. These can include feeling self-conscious, replaying an embarrassing moment, and many more. The times we fall into these traps are usually the times when good vibes are needed most. However, we can learn to reprogram our brains to distinguish between reality and an annoying negative thought pattern. Let’s look at an example. Say you had a tense exchange with a friend over a minor disagreement of which movie to watch. You’ve been in negative head space lately, which is causing you to assume your friend now views you in a negative light. You’re assuming that your friend is upset with you due to this exchange when your friend has totally forgotten about it. When you start noticing that you’ve been hard on yourself a lot lately, look back on your thoughts. If you’re noticing a pattern of negativity, remind yourself that you deserve self-compassion and kindness. It also helps to remind yourself that there’s a difference between reality and the negative thought patterns happening in your mind. Focusing on the facts helps you keep things in perspective and avoids negative beliefs from forming.

5. Start Your Day with Affirmations

Starting your day with affirmations may seem a little cliche, but there’s a reason they’ve been around for centuries. Affirmations are positive self-talk, and the aim is to repeat positive and self-affirming phrases to yourself daily. Eventually, some of that optimism will be drilled into your subconscious. For example, let’s say you change the affirmation “I need positive vibes” to “I have positive vibes” and repeat it to yourself several times every morning. You may notice a significant improvement in your general sense of well-being and the energy you give .

6. Give Honest Compliments

Who doesn’t enjoy receiving compliments? When it comes to how to have good vibes, giving out praises is probably the most effortless action on this list. You don’t need to go around complimenting everyone all the time. (In fact, don’t do that as it may have the opposite effect.) But make it a habit that whenever you notice something positive about someone, tell them. Sometimes an unexpected compliment can be the difference between someone having a horrible day and having a wonderful day.

7. Practice Self-Kindness

As soon as you learn to be kind and compassionate to yourself, you’ll find yourself being kinder and more compassionate to others as well and you’ll soon have the positive vibes needed to share your light with others. Treat yourself the way you would treat others and watch yourself grow! A common trick for practicing self-kindness is analyzing your own thoughts and asking yourself whether you would say those things to a friend. You wouldn’t tell your friends how stupid they are for eating a second piece of cake, so why should you say it to yourself?

8. Don’t Dismiss Negative Thoughts

It’s only natural that we feel depressed, self-conscious, or upset sometimes. And that’s okay! Remind yourself that you’re only human and that you can’t be positive all the time. Recognize and respect your thoughts while you’re feeling down or having negative thoughts. Just don’t let those negative thoughts fester or become a regular occurrence.

9. Focus on Your Personal Objectives

Nothing is more powerful than someone who is passionate and works hard to achieve their goals. It instills in you a sense of self-assurance and joy that others can sense. Have you ever seen someone crushing it and felt inspired? That energy offers some of the most infectious good vibes out there!

10. Look for the Good in Others

It’s easy to feel cynical about the world and the people in it, but this is the fastest way to cultivate bad vibes. It’s important to focus on the good in people. Remember: no one is perfect. Practice this focus in every interaction you have. When speaking with someone, focus on something that makes them special. Every single person in the world has their own unique light and chances are that you won’t need to look too hard to find it.

11. Celebrate Your Achievements

Most people have a tendency of downplaying their accomplishments or not take the time to celebrate their victories. Statements like “Anyone could do that” or “I didn’t really do much” are the fastest way to create feelings of negativity and ignore the effort you put forward. Achieving something creates a sense of joy, pride, and self-assurance. Celebrating accomplishments is one of the fastest ways to build up your self-confidence and start sharing good vibes.

12. Practice Gratitude

If you’ve heard of any mindfulness practices, you’ve heard about the importance of practicing gratitude. When we take the time to acknowledge and appreciate the good things in our lives, we are actively cultivating good vibes. There are several ways to start incorporating gratitude into your daily life. One of the most popular ways to do this is writing down a list of 3-5 things, big or small, that you’re grateful for that day. This can be on pen and paper, verbally to a loved one, or you can download a mindfulness app that makes it easy to self-reflect with daily reminders.

13. Live in the Moment

This one you’ve heard of, and there’s a reason. Living in the moment is the ultimate way to give off good vibes. Rather than being caught up in negative thoughts or staring at your phone, do your best to immerse yourself in the moment. It doesn’t take much to do this and it’s okay to start slowly. If you’re having a conversation with someone, listen carefully to what they’re saying before producing a response. If you’re going on a walk, leave the headphones at home and absorb the organic sounds of your neighborhood. Simply take note of the small things around you, whether it be the colors of the leaves or the architecture of a building, and you’ll be living in the moment. It’s that easy!