50 Things to Open Your Spirit Opening ourselves to diversity is our gift to the Universe. It is just amazing how many different ways there are to be and live. No matter how open and accepting we are, it is human nature to get stuck in our own way of being. We forget just how differently those around us may see the world. The trick is to stay flexible and open to appreciate all of human culture. Its great fun to be a cultural explorer! So, here are 50 Things to do to free you up. Human Culture is a wealth of unique rhythms & hues. 50 Things 1. Sit quietly and watch the clouds move for 30 minutes 2. Listen to a different radio station everyday for a week 3. Talk to an elderly person about the world of their youth 4. Visit an ethnic grocery store you have never been to before 5. Watch the Lawrence Welk Show and enjoy it! 6. Go to a hardware store and look at tools and nails and bolts. 7. Drive or walk in a part of your town or city you dont usually go to 8. Watch MTV and enjoy it! 9. Read the US Constitution 10. Plant a tree or plant seeds in a pot and watch them grow 11. Find opportunities to chat with folks of a different race, and enjoy it! 12. Go dancing with friends and celebrate being alive 13. Chant the letters of the alphabet, or vowels or simple sounds 14. Donate your old magazines to a hospital, clinic, or nursing home 15. Borrow clothes you would never wear from a friend, and wear them 16. Listen to music you think you hate, and enjoy it! 17. Go to an airport and spend a few hours really looking at people 18. Visit a museum you have never been to, and enjoy it! 19. Go to a tractor pull, car show, or motorcycle race and enjoy it! 20. Spend a whole day at home alone, without radio, tv, or music 21. Go to a store and try on clothes that remind you of anyone but you 22. Pretend you believe the opposite of what you do, see what you learn 23. If you are thin, put on large clothes & padding and go out fat 24. Go to Yahoos New Website Listings, and surf whatever comes up 25. Visit a temple, church, or spiritual center you know nothing about 26. Be curious and open-minded about others beliefs 27. Rent a movie documentary you think will bore you and enjoy it! 28. Give up all your usual foods for a week and eat like someone else 29. Go to a small town 2 hours from home & walk around main street 30. Visit a Plant Nursery and look at tree, and notice their essence 31. Do not go near a computer for 3 whole days, see what you learn 32. Ask your relatives and friends about their happiest day as a child 33. Look at your possessions, lighten up & let go of some by donating 34. Flip open a Cookbook and cook whatever is on the page and enjoy it! 35. If you like baths, take a shower, & vice versa enjoy the feeling! 36. Visit a nursing home and volunteer to read to folks 37. Walk around your own neighborhood and pretend you are a visitor 38. Watch foreign language News Broadcasts and enjoy them! 39. Really talk to kids, or rather let them talk to you about their lives 40. Visit a homeless shelter, volunteer a few hours a week & enjoy it! 41. Learn another language, or learn about another country 42. Sing out loud and play with your voice like an instrument 43. Discover holidays from cultures that arent your own and enjoy it! 44. Watch Pro Wrestling on TV and enjoy it! 45. Explore genealogy boards & learn about ancestors from all culture 46. Feed the ducks, pigeons, squirrels, or birds & imagine you are them 47. Watch a full Moon move across the night sky and enjoy it! 48. Fast for 3 days, drinking only juice, and enjoy it! 49. Try to imagine what it feels like to be in another persons skin 50. Practice conscious kindness every day, & dare to change who you are
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:44:15 +0000
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