For six years I taught workshops accessing our deeply rooted beliefs. Belief statements were part of the curriculum. 512 adults learned these five key elements for well-formed beliefs:

1. Present tense / 2. First person / 3. Positiv words / 4. Short & to the point / 5. Energizing & meaningful

Example: I share my knowledge, get to travel the world, and have a blast along the way.

(Instead of: I want to share my knowledge, although not only in Germany, and I hope that I’ll enjoy myself, meeting people that invite me into their organisations so that I get to see interesting places, and… stop!! You get the point 😉 )

It wasn’t until I experimented with teaching this modality to children, that one of them TAUGHT ME the missing principle:

6. Good for all

Now, I hold this intention in everything I do.

Thank you, wise child, for enlightening me…

Later, I found this way of being described in the term “Ubuntu”:

Ubuntu (Zulu pronunciation: [ùɓúntʼù]) is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity”.

At its base is the principle “Umuntu Ngumntu Ngabantu”:

“I am because we are and
we are because I am.“

The word Ubuntu originates from the Bantu languages of the Zulu and Xhosa and means „humanity / humanness”. „compassion“ and „publich spirit“ as well as the experience and the consciousness of oneself being part of a larger whole.

It is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”.

This refers to a fundamental attitude based primarily on mutual respect and recognition, respect for human dignity and the desire for a harmonious and peaceful society, but also on the belief in a “universal bond of sharing that unites all that is human.”

So whenever you state an intention, consider using these six elements:

1. Present tense / 2. First person / 3. Positiv words / 4. Short & to the point / 5. Energizing & meaningful to you / 6. Good for all ❣️

You are invited to co-create joyful togetherness

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