1. Stand up straight and strong.

2. Imagine an animal that epitomizes the trait you desire. It may be a cheetah for acceleration, a pit bull for tenacity or a cat for its ability to jump.

3. Picture the animal in action, using its natural ability that you desire.

4. Move from seeing the animal in action to experiencing what the animal is experiencing. Imagine that you are inside the animal, looking out through its eyes. See what the animal sees. Hear what the animal hears. Feel what the animal feels. Notice its muscle movements, its eye movements, its thoughts.

5. Now, rather than looking out at the world through the animal’s eyes, look out at the world through your own eyes. Picture yourself in action, performing with all the animalistic feelings, movements, and sensory perceptions. Notice how you are performing at a higher level. Everything you do is faster, stronger and automatic. It is not second nature. It is your true nature. Like an animal using its God-given gifts naturally, so you are using your God-given gifts automatically.

6. Hold out your right hand. See the animal’s abilities in your right hand. Thank God that He gifted the particular animal you imagined with its special abilities.

7. Hold out your left hand. See your abilities in your left hand. Thank God that He gifted you with your special abilities.

8. Now with a powerful move, creating even more energy, bring your hands together in a clap. As you clap your hands together, see how the animal’s abilities and your abilities are alike. Verbalize a word with each clap. It may be “yes”; it may be “thanks” to God-any word that is one of accepting who you are and how you are-created with special abilities. Clap your hands again and again, starting slowly, then increasing the speed and intensity. With each clap, verbalize and acknowledge God’s gift to you, feeling stronger. Let your clap and voice be an offering of praise to your Creator.

9. Finally, acknowledge that just as it is natural for the animal to use its God-given ability, so it is natural for you to use your God-given ability. Thank God, and acknowledge that it pleases Him when you use the abilities that He gave you.