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The Gift Ritual is a powerful tool that facilitates life-long bonding.
So often in our busy day to day lives most people tend to focus on what it is we are doing next. We continually focus on what needs to be fixed, or what can be improved upon.

The Gift Ritual is an affirming process that serves to strengthen one’s appreciation of themselves and one another . Many have used the Gift Ritual as part of a birthday or anniversary celebration. Many teams we have worked with use the Gift Ritual as a part of an on-borading process. People participating in Gift Rituals over the years all agree that the process serves to strengthen the bonds between family members and/or members of a team.

Facilitating a Gift Ritual
First: Send out a link to the Gift site and let people know that you would like to facilitate a Gift Ritual.

Second: Ask each person to come prepared having answered the three questions that you answered found in the Discover Your Gift section.. Let each person know the other people who will be in attendance and have them begin reflecting upon what is it they appreciate about this other person.

Third: As you begin facilitating the Gift Ritual ask your group to adopt a spirit of dignity, reverence, and appreciation for each other as you join forces to help each person to clarify and appreciate their respective unique Gifts.

Start with the person on your left. Ask them to share their responses to the 3 questions. Then ask each of the remaining participants to give input to this person’s gift. As they are giving input the facilitator is taking notes.

When everyone has offered their input the facilitator takes a few moments to construct the first draft of the first participant’s Gift statement. Upon completing the draft the facilitator reads what has been written out loud.

This same process is repeated until each member of the family or team has had a turn in receiving input and a gift statement from the facilitator. Finally someone else volunteers to facilitate the process so that the initial facilitator can have their Gift clarified.

The facilitator who invited everyone to attend may then email everyone a copy of their Gift statement.

When you receive a copy of your Gift statement we encourage you to regularly revise it as you start increasing your awareness of noticing the gift of you in action. The Gift statement can be a living evolving entity and serve as a reference point to the unique contribution you bring to those people and projects you care about in your life.

For more information on how you can use the gift ritual or variations of it in your work, please visit us at SteppingBeyond.com!