feeling groovy: the power of attraction

I'm a big fan of Scott Noelle and have been subscribing to his "Daily Groove" for almost two years now.

I love starting my day with an inspiring e-mail and focus point to help me relate to my children in a positive, respectful and really groovy way.

Here's today's groove:

THE DAILY GROOVE ~ by Scott Noelle
www.enjoyparenting.com/dailygroove

:: The Power of Attraction ::

Attraction means pulling instead of pushing. The
"pull" of attraction is not physical. You attract by
focusing your mind. Your thoughts have a sort of
"gravity" that pulls matching thoughts, conditions and
events into your awareness and experience.

Today, try this experiment...

Think of *one* characteristic that you really, really
adore and appreciate about your child. Something that
makes you smile when you think about it. Pick a
keyword or phrase to remind you of this trait, and
write it on the back of your hand. (If your child can
read, use a code word or symbol instead.)

The idea is to focus on this aspect of your child as
many times as you can today. But don't tell your child
specifically what you're doing -- the power is in what
you think, not what you say.

You might also put little reminder Post-it notes in
places like door handles, telephones, the fridge, your
car visor -- wherever you frequently look or reach.

After a full day of focusing on this aspect of your
child, review the day and note how it affected your
interactions.

Can you see how, through your intentional focus, you
*created* (attracted) that experience?

See the results of one reader's experiment:
http://dailygroove.net/power-of-attraction#comment-177

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Copyright (c) 2008 by Scott Noelle

Today Lily will be at summer camp again (four whole days this week--she could not be happier!) so Quinn and I will be having another special Mama-Quinn day.

Yesterday we cleaned out the van (getting ready for our upcoming road trip :-) and enjoyed a nice lunch date at Panera Bread.

It was such a treat to just relax and be with Quinn all day. We didn't really have any place that we needed to be and I was content to just sit and watch him run around the same tree a dozen times and even felt inspired to join in!

Today, we do have a few errands that I would like to run (paperwork for my new job that is due today, an oil change and new tires for the freshly-cleaned van). There will still be plenty of time to run around trees (and lamp-posts and fire hydrants) and to marvel at the amazing-ness of motorcycles and construction sites and garbage trucks. But there is also a loose agenda of items that I would like to accomplish.

So today, keeping this daily groove in mind, while we're running our errands, I would like to focus on how joyful and expressive and fun two-year-olds, and especially my beloved Quinn, can be!

(I know I was supposed to only pick one trait, but as I closed my eyes and thought about what I wanted to focus on about Quinn, those three things all popped in together!)

And on that note, I hear pitter-patter feet upstairs...my joyful, expressive, fun little guy is awake!!