What are you enthusiastic about?
If you wake up dreading the day, worried about the hours ahead and already wishing you could be done with it and back in bed, well, that’s just not cool. The first thing we reach for in the morning shouldn’t be our i-device or Droid; it should be consciously choosing the most positive thought that stokes our energy to excel for the entire day. Since our conscious brain can only hold one thought at a time, this singular thought can inspire the quality of the rest of our day through sheer enthusiasm.
When your morning enthusiasm becomes a habit, Robin Sharma writes in The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari that your life can look like this: “You will wake up every morning with a limitless reservoir of energy and enthusiasm. All your thoughts will be focused on your definite objective. You won’t have time to waste time. You will automatically erase the worry habit and become far more effective and productive.”
Why learn the language of Enthusiasm?
Enthusiasm gives us the chance to go beyond our happiness set point. According to geneticists we have an “inborn” happiness set point of about 50% that we return to whether good things or bad things happen. We have 10% influence based on environmental factors and up to 40% that is affected by “intentional activity.” Practicing the language and behavior of enthusiasm is making the choice to be happy.
This action helps us harness the power of our minds and hearts to work together. When what we think, feel, and do are in alignment we naturally live in a state of joy. The foundational teachings of yoga tell us that joy is our birthright. That doesn’t mean it comes easy: It takes real effort. However, this exertion is well worth it and we should never let a day go by without putting forth our best effort to live with passion.
In fact, yoga is a practice of awakening and recruiting every cell in our bodies to participate. It is an internal democracy to do something. And from the micro we can take it macro and make a difference in the world. Enthusiasm drives us to go beyond mediocrity.
I believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world. – The Dalai Lama
Never again wake-up with anything less than excitement to live the best day ever. Hold to heart, in the words of Wayne Dyer, “You are not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.” This is not a rehearsal. We will never get to do today over again so we might as well become fluent in enthusiasm.
Love yourself, love your day, love your life!
Silvia
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Great post thanks for the post.
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Sensational article. I agree with you, the power of enthusiasm is impressive.
Living with enthusiasm is the difference between having a crappy life and living an absolutely wonderful. All things are truly in the eye of the beholder!
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Awesome post! Really Yoga should be important part of our life.
I agree with you.Enthusiasm makes us confident and powerful
The quote which you have shared is so impressive. I really like most, the quotes of Dalai Lama
Hope you will come back some more idea…
Thanks.
– Ravi
Lots of meditation practitioners believe in focusing on one thing—breath, a candle flame, etc. In other words, we’re encouraged to “empty the mind.” I find this hard to manage on a regular basis, though. What works for me is this: I envision that there’s lid on the top of my head, and I open it and let everything bubble out. I don’t try to stop my thoughts, I just don’t attach to them. “Let your thoughts float by like clouds in the sky,” as my former Buddhist teacher used to say.
http://www.anartistrylife.com/yoga/quieting-the-mind-in-the-real-world/
Amazing post. I love the latter bit where you speak of ‘ so we might as well be fluent in enthusiasm.’ I, for one, would love to speak that language and do so effortlessly well. Everyone should also join the bandwagon.
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Interesting read. I agree with what you’ve written. Often we measure happiness in terms of what we’ve achieved, while it is the way you feel through the journey that really makes a difference. Also like what you have written about harnessing the power of the mind and heart to work together. Practicing yoga can definitely help achieve this.
Any job interview I’ve had, I forced myself to be enthusiast if I wasn’t.
Enthusiasm is contagious, it is needed.
Once in, it motivates a whole team.
It is an absolute must