
Daily Appreciations by Shirley Ann Lawler
Love letters to life, shared on our old community platform, 2022 to 2023
Shirley Ann Lawler, who teaches the self hug and calls her work Hugging the World to Healing, wrote a Daily Appreciation for the circle morning after morning, each one a stream of love and gratitude for peace, joy, laughter, the body and the angels who walk with us, and here are six of them, best read slowly so every cell can feel the words.
Daily Appreciation 128: Peace
17 November 2022
I appreciate peacefulness. I appreciate peace. I appreciate the feeling of peacefulness. I appreciate the peace that abounds here. I love the peace of the birds tweeting. I love and appreciate peace in my soul. I love that feeling of deep peace. I love feeling contented and contentment. I love that feeling of inner quiet. I love that feeling of knowing all is well in my world. I love and appreciate knowing that. I love and appreciate all the people in the world with peaceful hearts. I love and appreciate all the advocates for peace. I love the idea of peace on earth, goodwill towards (wo)men. I love knowing that I belief this is possible. I love knowing it all starts with me choosing to live a peaceful life. I love knowing that I get to choose how I want to feel. I love and appreciate that I get to choose to feel good and be happy. I love knowing my purpose on earth is to feel good. I love knowing my purpose on earth is to BE peace. I love knowing that. I love knowing we are here to live a happy joy-filled peaceful purposeful life. I love knowing that. I love finding the stillness in the noise. I love being in that place of stillness. I love finding the stillness in the noises all around. I love finding that inner quiet. I love that place of BE-ing. I love the peace that resides there within. I love the idea of being here in this space 24/7. I love knowing that that is possible. I love knowing all is well in my world. I love knowing that in this moment in time there is no judgement, only peace. There is no resentment, only ease. There is no guilt, only joy. There is no fear only harmony. There is no self-persecution only love.
Daily Appreciation 139: Joy
8 November 2022
I love and appreciate joy. I love and appreciate the energy of joy. I love and appreciate how feeling joy make me feel. I love feeling joy. I love the energy of joy. I love and appreciate the joy of simply being in nature. I love and appreciate the joy of walking along the beach. I love and appreciate the joy of hearing the waves gently reach the shore. I love and appreciate the joy of listening to the sounds of lorikeets singing their morning song. I love and appreciate the joy of the cool breeze caressing my skin. I love and appreciate the joy that is within the stillness. I love and appreciate the joy of being peaceful in my mind. I love and appreciate the joy of having a body. I love and appreciate the joy of swimming in the ocean. I love and appreciate the joy of sitting in nature and simply being with it. I love and appreciate the joy of hugging the hugging tree. I love hugging the hugging tree. I love and appreciate feeling the joyful energy of sharing space with the hugging tree. I love and appreciate the joy of taking care of my body. I love and appreciate the joy of eating consciously. I love and appreciate the joy of consciously choosing. I love and appreciate the joy of the transformation we are all currently undertaking. I love and appreciate the challenging situations of transition and finding the joy. I love and appreciate the joy that comes from knowing I chose to be here on earth at this time. I love knowing that I have an integral part to play in the human evolution of consciousness that is taking place right here right now. I love knowing that. I love and appreciate the joy of knowing I am a Being of Light a particle of Prime Creator energy. I love knowing that.
Daily Appreciation 148: Giggles and Laughter
17 November 2022
I love knowing joy is the song of the universe. I love and appreciate the feeling of joy. I love and appreciate laughter. I love and appreciate giggling just for the joy of it. I love and appreciate giggling just for the fun of it! I love the giggles that are at the beginning and end of my song All I Need for Joy. I love that song. I love the fun I had recording it! I love and appreciate my giggles. I love and appreciate giggling babies. I love listening to children giggling. I love that they are having fun. I love the carefree abandonment of children laughing and giggling. I love and appreciate the joy that giggling creates. I love and appreciate everything in my life. I love knowing it is fun joy and laughter that keeps my vibe high. I love knowing I can laugh and dance and sing and play all day no matter what I am doing. I love knowing I can be joy all day long. I love knowing that! I love dancing and belly dancing. I love doing belly laughs. I love knowing laughter changes my frequency. I love laughing hugs. I love how they make me feel. I love the fun and joy of it. I love every moment I spend in joy. I love knowing joy of laughter sends a ripple of love through every cell in my body. I love that. I love knowing all is well. Everything always works out for me…everything!!
Daily Appreciation 150: Self-Love
19 November 2022
I love myself. I love my body. I love and appreciate knowing I AM Love. I love and appreciate that I am the vibrational frequency of Love. I love knowing that. I love and appreciate knowing I AM un-earthing everything unlike love from my cellular memory. I love and appreciate knowing I am deleting all past conditioning and programming from my neural pathways as I step into the love frequencies of the New Earth. I LOVE knowing that. I love and appreciate loving my inner child. I love and appreciate nurturing him/her. I love and appreciate the joy that comes as I free my Wounded inner child. I love and appreciate the joy of seeing my inner Wonder child happy free and joyful. I love that she is Pure Divine LOVE. I love knowing that the joy of my Wonder Child is the connection to my Higher Self. I love the lightness, the play, and the fun that exists there. I love and appreciate the love, the peace, the harmony and ease that lives there. I love creating space to play in my inner sanctuary with my Wonder Child. I love and appreciate that this reflects in my outer world. I love and appreciate the joy. I love and appreciate the love. I love and appreciate the peace. I love and appreciate the harmony. I love and appreciate the abundance of all good things flowing into my life. I love and appreciate YOU 🙏 and I love and appreciate me. 💖
Daily Appreciation 152: Angels
21 November 2022
I appreciate waking up to the soft gentle sounds of the rain. I love the rain. I love the smell of the fresh clean air. I love the feel of the air. I love the coolness of it on my skin. I love the sounds of the birds chirping merrily. I love listening to all the different birds and their different sounds. I love and appreciate my ears. I love listening and being present in conversations. I love communicating. I love and appreciate having choice. I love knowing that this is my life and I get to choose. I love knowing that. I love and appreciate that I get to choose. I love knowing that I have angels and guides to help. I appreciate knowing that I only have to ask. I love knowing it’s a free will reality. I love knowing that I can communicate with them all the time. I love knowing that all I have to do is keep talking to them each day, all the time. I love knowing it is a muscle to be built. I love knowing that help is only a question away. I love knowing that I sometimes need to sit in silence to hear them. I love knowing it is building self-trust. I love and appreciate trusting my intuition. I love knowing I only have to connect in and talk to them like they are right here. I love knowing that my angels and guides are RIGHT here, RIGHT now! I love knowing that!
Daily Appreciation 232: Body Balance
17 February 2023
I love and appreciate ME and I love and appreciate YOU. I love my body. I love my skin. I love my lips. I love and appreciate my nose. I love my eyelids. I love and appreciate my ears. I love to listen. I love to listen to nature’s song. I love to listen to the sounds of my body. I love to listen to my heart beat. I love the joy of listening to the bird song. I love and appreciate my bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. I love and appreciate each cell in my body. I love and appreciate the magnificence of the human body. I love and appreciate all that it takes for the body to maintain balance equilibrium and homeostasis. I love and appreciate the joy of eating. I love eating delicious healthy foods. I love every tantalising mouthful. I love how the different flavours and textures dance on my tongue. I love the sweetness of mango and the tanginess of spicy rocket. I love the feeling of hot tea and cold water as it travels down to my stomach. I love savouring the food. I love the joy of preparing and cooking food. I love cooking for myself and I love cooking for others. I love and appreciate you and I love and appreciate ME. Namaste.
These daily appreciations are created from a place of how I want my world to be and not necessarily from what it currently is. I do these to project the energy of what I want to create out into the world. I do these so I can contribute to you dear Soul.
There is such beauty and joy available for us all. We must recognise that the beauty lies within each of us as we acknowledge our gifts, talents, and capacities which are the guiding light of loving wisdom from spirit.