50 Things to Open Your Spirit

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50 Things to Open Your Spirit

Opening ourselves to diversity is a gift to the Universe.

It is just amazing how many different ways there are to be. 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
appreciating all of human culture. It's great fun to be a cultural
explorer! Human Culture is a wealth of unique rhythms & hues.

50 Things

Sit quietly and watch the clouds move for 30 minutes

Listen to a different radio station everyday for a week

Talk to an elderly person about the world of their youth

Visit an ethnic grocery store you have never been to before

Watch a kids show and enjoy it!

Go to a hardware store and look at tools and nails and bolts.

Drive or walk in a part of your town or city you don't usually go to

Watch MTV and enjoy it!

Read the US Constitution

Plant a tree or plant seeds in a pot and watch them grow

Find opportunities to chat with folks of a different race, and enjoy
it!

Go dancing with friends and celebrate being alive

Chant the letters of the alphabet, or vowels or simple sounds

Donate your old magazines to a hospital, clinic, or nursing home

Borrow clothes you would never wear from a friend, and wear them

Listen to music you think you hate, and enjoy it!

Go to an airport and spend a few hours really looking at people

Visit a museum you have never been to, and enjoy it!

Go to a tractor pull, car show, or motorcycle race and enjoy it!

Spend a whole day at home alone, without radio, tv, or music

Go to a store and try on clothes that remind you of anyone but you

Pretend you believe the opposite of what you do, see what you learn

If you are thin, put on large clothes & padding and go out fat

Go to Yahoo's New Website Listings, and surf whatever comes up

Visit a temple, church, or spiritual center you know nothing about

Be curious and open-minded about other's beliefs

Rent a movie documentary you think will bore you and enjoy it!

Give up all your usual foods for a week and eat like someone else

Go to a small town 2 hours from home & walk around main street

Visit a Plant Nursery and look at tree, and notice their essence

Do not go near a computer for 3 whole days, see what you learn

Ask your relatives and friends about their happiest day as a child

Look at your possessions, lighten up & let go of some by donating

Flip open a Cookbook and cook whatever is on the page and enjoy it!

If you like baths, take a shower, & vice versa enjoy the feeling!

Visit a nursing home and volunteer to read to folks

Walk around your own neighborhood and pretend you are a visitor

Watch foreign language News Broadcasts and enjoy them!

Really talk to kids, or rather let them talk to you about their lives

Visit a homeless shelter, volunteer a few hours a week & enjoy it!

Learn another language, or learn about another country

Sing out loud and play with your voice like an instrument

Discover holidays from cultures that aren't your own and enjoy it!

Watch Pro Wrestling on TV and enjoy it!

Explore genealogy boards & learn about ancestors from all culture

Feed the ducks, pigeons, squirrels, or birds & imagine you are them

Watch a full Moon move across the night sky and enjoy it!

Fast for 3 days, drinking only juice, and enjoy it!

Try to imagine what it feels like to be in another person's skin

Practice conscious kindness every day, & dare to change who you are

[jlxian]

Very interesting post, Lynn. I caught myself thinking "this is the way kids look at the world". Inspiring!