An Appreciative look: it is manure!

To appreciate is to see “the best of what is”, the potential, what is good, what is positive, what can be used advantageously, independently of the circumstances at any given moment.

To appreciate is universal. We can be appreciative in any sort of circumstances.To appreciate becomes particularly relevant when we do not like what is happening. It is much easier to appreciate that which we do like.

We all know how to identify what is happening when we do not like a situation, because suddenly we feel an emotion without warning which is generally unproductive. The normal reaction is to complain in any of its different varieties. Why me? Who is responsible? How tiring it is to complain and how much energy is consumed in doing so.

When we do not like something a very useful question is: What is the potential of the situation? We start from the premise that every situation has a potential. We should investigate it: Is it shit or manure?

An exceptional case is the company: “Conceptos Plásticos”. They have managed to recycle plastic in Bogotá, they saw as raw material what others saw as shit, to create “pieces of Lego” with which to build houses. To appreciate is to take care of the planet and people, to see abundance where others see scarcity.

You can know their story in the next video:

Think of something that you have on your desk that you do not like. Ask yourself unconditionally positive questions: What is the potential? What positive factors are present? What can you best learn for the future? What have we done well?

Abundance is in everything that surrounds us. We only need to invoke it.