I Agree to Look Within When I React reminds us that others serve as mirrors for us. When we have a disproportionate reaction to what another person says or does, we can ask ourselves, “Do (or did) I ever act that way? Ever?? We may discover that we have unresolved issues about our own behavior that trigger us when we see it in another. As soon as we realize this, the emotion transforms and the relationship is preserved.
Wrapping up the Truth pillar is I Agree to Keep Doing What Works and Change What Doesn’t. After all, how can we live as the inspired Divine beings we are if we continue to do what’s not working for us?
Acceptance
I Agree to Listen with My Heart guides us to listen so the other can feel fully heard, without the need to fix the other’s problem – or the other!
In our wacky world of drawing emotional boundaries between political parties (the word parties used to sound like fun!), geographic areas, cultures, and more, the next Agreement is especially powerful: I Agree to Respect Our Differences. When we apply it to the everyday, mundane differences that cause us irritation, we unleash our loving, creative flow that is otherwise bound up in judgment.
I Agree to Resolve Conflicts Directly encourages us to speak only to those with whom we can resolve issues at the earliest possible time. Most anxiety and stress occurs in the days (weeks, or even years!) before unresolved issues are addressed. Enter into conflict resolution quickly with the question, “How can we have this work for everyone?” and you may delight in the results!
The last Agreement in the Acceptance pillar, I Agree to Honor Our Choices reminds us that at the time of any choice or decision, we (and others) made the best choice or decision we were capable of in that moment. It’s freeing to honor our choices and change what’s not working, rather than beating ourselves (or others) up for unexpected outcomes.
Gratitude
This is my favorite pillar. When I choose to move into a positive state of mind immediately, I mainline gratitude.
I Agree to Give and Receive Thanks seems simple enough. Yet, many of us are uncomfortable receiving thanks. What I have noticed is that those who practice receiving thanks with open arms and hearts receive other things (like love and money), more easily too. It’s all energetic flow.