How To Sparkle

Photo by Aubry Aragon

• Step 1. Fig­ure out what you love
• Step 2. Engage in that often.

Alter­nate

• Step 1. Fig­ure out how to love what you are already doing.
• Step 2. Engage in that often.

Alter­nate

• Step 1. Play, often.

Sparkle comes from enjoy­ment.  From plea­sure. From love.  All res­onat­ing and danc­ing inside of you.  You have to cre­ate the time. The space.  The energy to rec­og­nize what feels good.  That may seem easy to the folks who are already are in touch with their nat­ural enthu­si­asm.  For oth­ers, it’s stretch.  But one that is worth it.

Make it a game.  Begin by spend­ing 10 min­utes a day just notic­ing, what feels good, what feels crappy.  Notice why some­thing feels bet­ter than oth­ers.  Some­times the crappy thing only feels that way because of a story we are telling our­selves.  Other times, it’s because it just kind of stinks.  The act of pay­ing atten­tion will allow your sparkle to unveil itself to you.

Some­times we can tweak the story.  Work doesn’t have to be a mad­den­ing grind.  It can be a means to an amaz­ing end. It can be a chance to be of ser­vice.  Maybe it’s were you pre­tend to be a super secret agent sav­ing the world from your co-workers.

Some­times it’s time to change your story all together. To clear out the yuck and embrace the deli­cious yum.  You can let go of what no longer serves you and cre­ate a more delight in your life.  Maybe that means rad­i­cal changes…but more often then not, it is time to incor­po­rate a lit­tle some­thing, some­thing here and there.  Look at what lights you up. And begin to do that. More and more and more.