“Three A” Approach to Appreciation

1. What do you want to acknowledge?

Sometimes taking the time to reflect on the faces, places, and activities that we take for
granted can make all the difference in changing our attitudes about ourselves, others, and
our lived experiences.

Take a moment to pause and breathe deeply. Check-in with yourself. What emotions
or memories are coming up for you? Next, take the time to write down your
reflections on the printable or digital worksheet linked at the bottom of this page.

2. What do you aspire to put into practice?

This might include simple actions or gestures that can show this appreciation.

As before, check-in with yourself and write down your reflections on the printable or digital worksheet linked at the bottom of this page.

3. What is the action you may want to take?

This action might include replicating these feelings of appreciation for people of all
cultural traditions and communities, even those you don’t belong to.

Through personal engagement (such as through conversation or relationship building), we
discover what we appreciate in others, and through these experiences, we learn more about ourselves.

Could you embrace the actions and gestures you listed above for “aspire”? What different
steps might you take? Consider how learning and building empathy might be valuable for
appreciation across cultures and communities.

As before, check-in with yourself and write down your reflections on the printable or digital worksheet linked at the bottom of this page.

When we focus on the beautiful aspects of people and other cultures and ethnicities, we see how rich the world is and invite more of that richness into our own lives