I have been tagged by Clyde at the Feeling Good blog to add five ways that I raise my vibes… so here’s my contribution to the High Vibes Game of tag!

(For more on the game, look here for the post that started it all at OptimistLab, and here for my quick post on the game.)

5 Ways I raise my vibes

1) Laugh

Even if you are feeling terrible - just force it! Sometimes, when I am feeling really, really bad, and I force myself to laugh - the result is so ridiculous that I find myself really laughing at the whole thing, and I feel a little better than when I started.

2) Let my inner child take over

Dance, play, bang on pots and pans, make stupid jokes, seek love and affirmation freely, cry for no apparent reason, run away from the boogie man, eat marshmallows with glee.

If you have forgotten how kids act, and don’t have any rugrats around to learn from - go to a playground and just watch and learn. Kids live in the moment. They can teach us a lot!

3) Get into the Now

Stop for just a minute - stop worrying about the state of the world, your bills, your past, your job, what your neighbors think, etc… In fact, maybe the easiest way to let it go is to let it all start running through your mind like a sound track - and slowly back away, and as you back away with the soundtrack running, start to hear it more and more as if it is coming across like Charlie Brown’s teacher:

“What about work, your doctor appointment, the results of the test, those bills, whaaa whaaa whaaa whaaa whaaaaaa”

Get it?

Eventually, you’ll be able to tune out that droning… then look around. Just look, listen, feel. Don’t judge it. Just be.

4) Think of the love that has been present in your life

Think of someone you have loved, someone that brought you peace and joy and never hurt you… Doesn’t matter how new or old the love is, doesn’t matter if the person is near or far, just think about that love for a while - not missing it or wanting to recreate it - just appreciating its presence in your life.

5) Go outside and look around

Walk, drive, run, skip, sit in the grass, climb a tree - whatever you want to do - but get out of your head and into the world that is unfolding around you!

That’s it for now!

If you like - please drop by the High Vibe It site, and vote for it!

Now, I would like to point out five awesome posts by fellow bloggers… I’ll include the High Vibe It link, so you can vote there before jumping off to the bloggers’ website!

1. How to get rid of your limiting beliefs at the Abundance Journal
2. Understanding and Getting Over Your Difficult Childhood: Part One & Part Two at the OptimistLab
3. Law of Attraction in Popular Culture at AttractionHacker
4. 10 Rules for Being Human at Cultivate Greatness
5. The 12 Conditions of a Miracle at Sweet Miracles

If you like these posts, please vote for them at the High Vibe It site - the more votes, the more people that will read these wondeful thoughts. Together, we raise these ideas and vibrations higher and higher!

I am not sure who to tag that hasn’t already been tagged… so I will give that part of the game a little more thought!

Now… you… you there at the computer… back away from the mouse and go outside for a bit!