Every time you focus your attention on something in your physical realm and let it be the object of  your appreciation, you are on purpose and vibrationally equal to the things you are appreciating! So often, however, we look around and realize how far away we are from the desires we seek; all we say we want seems to be someone else's.  We then convince ourselves we are so bad off and feel worse for the practice of appreciation. This is not appreciation, it is an awareness of lack! Here is a good practice until you get the hang of appreciating naturally: Go to a really expensive store…any kind, but make sure they sell things that you can’t afford and would really love to posses. Window-shop or go inside and put your attention on items you love. Before the familiar feeling of lack wells up, look at this creation with appreciation of its very existence!  Someone created it from their mind…it was a thought in the mind of a Divine Being, such as yourself! Appreciate the beauty, the shape the color, the usefulness of the object of you are focusing on.  Allow your thoughts to only appreciate whatever awesome thing it is; return from any feeling of lack and focus on the beauty and other good feelings it evokes within. When you are finished, find something else and something else and something else, until you get how appreciation feels and you are feeling a whole lot better! This is how you begin to practice appreciation.  You can do this any where and any time you realize you are feeling negative…lack, jealousy, complaining, feeling better or less than someone else. The more you practice, the better it feels the more you want to practice! Your awareness will start to change; you will see more to appreciate and feel good on purpose.  Experiences become more positive and conditions change for the better. It’s like magic, except  you are doing it...you are practicing a Universal Law, attracting things into your life; deliberately create a life you love to live!