5 Step Hansei During Your Tea Time

Here are some steps to add Hansel in your tea time. 

Step 1.  Already know what you want to reflect on. Instead of being random, like, “what was good today?”, come to your tea time with the focus of what you want to think about. 

 

Step 2. Review. Think on things like:

• What was my intent in doing this?
• What actions did I take to get the result I wanted?
• What was the expected outcome?
• What was the actual outcome?
• What was the difference?

 

Step 3. Come up with focus sentence that addresses the review you had. Write down the sentence and keep it nearby to help guide you or keep you on track in what you want to accomplish. 

 

Step 4. Keep a journal of your journey. You don’t have to go into deep details of everything, just a quick entry of what your hansei was about, and what your focus sentence was. You may notice repeating patterns or habits you have that needs prayer and to be broken. 

 

Step 5. Make a commitment to the solutions you come up with.

 

Only focusing on strength is a sign of weakness, because pride comes before a fall. When you know your weaknesses and you are able to tackle them head on, you become unbelievably stronger than ever before!