Toolkit - Savor the Good TImes

Posted by Jerry Lopper Nov 14, 2006

Welcome to Personal Development Toolkit which each week features a word tool you can use to construct additions to your personal growth and development. Each week's toolkit includes a brief description of the tool and a suggestion for using it.

Savor: To savor is to delight in a pleasant experience of the senses. Typically associated with the sense of taste, we can enhance and extend the enjoyable moments of life by mentally savoring them.

Example: Jennifer received a wonderful compliment from her friend this morning and purposefully recalled it several times that day and the next. Each time she savored the moment by rolling the pleasant sensations this compliment brought her around her mind over and over, literally tasting them each time.

This Week: Pick one pleasant moment each day and savor it. Resist the temptation to discount or take for granted pleasant moment opportunities. Drink in at least one each day and roll it around your mind, enjoying the pleasant sensations it brings you. Notice how this elevates your mood. Savor that too.