Increasing Intuition and the Spiritual Quotient in your Life by Odilia Rivera-Santos

Every morning, you have another opportunity to shift perspective. The reality of your circumstances may not have improved -- for instance, you may still be counting how many days you have left until your unemployment benefits run out or worried about Christmas and the endless expenses associated with a holiday celebration.
Perspective is one of those things entirely within our control and a shift in attitude always accompanies a change in your point of view.
Tonight, keep a notebook on your night stand, and, for fives minutes, write down all of your thoughts prior to going to sleep.
In the morning,for fives minutes, write down your first thoughts. Random thoughts become ideas and ideas form our perspective of ourselves, our place in the world and the possibilities that exist for our individual lives.
Answer the following questions on paper:
What ideas do you carry into your dreams?
What ideas do you carry into your waking life?
What is my first exchange with a stranger? Negative? Positive? Neutral?

Tomorrow night, before going to sleep, write down 50 things you appreciate.
Tomorrow morning, before getting ready for work or to look for work or to care for children or others, write down 50 things you appreciate.
After writing the gratitude lists, reconsider these questions.

What ideas do you carry into your dreams? 

What ideas do you carry into your waking life?

What is my first exchange with a stranger? Negative? Positive? Neutral?

A focus on lack creates anxiety. Thinking about what you have, what you love and what you appreciate creates a different set of emotional sensations. The only way to be in tune with intuition is to wander aimlessly, like a child, through situations and conversations in your memory bank that made you happy and hopeful. Ruminations about beautiful experiences release endorphins, and a return to the treacherous ghetto of painful events releases cortisol, which is linked with diminished cognitive function and difficulty reducing abdominal fat.
Ideas create our realities, shape our dreams, and alter our bodies and minds.