Good morning,

Last fall I was walking through the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. As I walked by a Starbucks a strong memory came rushing back to my mind.

It was from four or five years earlier. I was meeting a friend for dinner and I was about an hour early so I decided to grab a coffee and do some work.

What I wrote that day is something I still reference a few times a week today. It is a prayer.

I am Catholic and have a particular fondness for Mary. The prayer was based on the many different titles that Catholics have given to Mary through the centuries such as Our Lady Cause of Our Joy, Our Lady Fountain of Beauty, and Our Lady Queen of Peace.

I did a quick search online to come up with the most complete list of titles I could for Mary. I then took each of the titles and wrote a short aspirational prayer for how I would like that characteristic to manifest in my own life. Like this:

Humble Mother, help me to recognize my achievement and be humble enough to see myself as co-creator.

Gentle Mother, help me to be gentle and charitable with others and especially gentle with myself.

Helper, help me to be open to being helpful to others. Help me to be open to the help I need graciously.

This week I would like to share the full prayer with you. I have found it to be an amazing tool to tap along to.

Even if you aren't Catholic (or Christian of any type) I think you will find it powerful. I have created both an audio and pdf version of it.

Feel free to use it however you like. Rewrite it or rearrange it so it connects with your own beliefs.

OR you can skip it because it’s not for you. I don't expect this to be right for everyone. Sharing it falls very much in line with my approach to this newsletter. I am not telling you what to do. Instead I am sharing a tool that I have found helpful in the hope that it will be helpful to you as well.

You can find the audio and pdf here: http://tappingqanda.com/?p=11195

If you do adapt it in some way, I would love to hear what you have done!

Blessings,

Gene

PS: As a reminder, on Monday I sent the last call for my latest long term coaching program. If you missed that note you can see the details here: http://tappingqanda.com/?p=11247

EFT For Being Who We Aspire To Be – I have found it helpful to name the specific characteristics I would like to cultivate when I tap. Here is a very personal list I use when tapping.