It just occurred to me that whenever my son has trouble settling down at night, whether because of typical childhood fears, or not getting enough attention that day, or a major routine change, the magic words that always seem to bring him to serenity are "What do you want to dream about tonight?".
His focus begins to shift to some of his favorite things in life...Grams, candy canes, Santa, the marble game, Christmas (these are the things on his list right now). And suddenly he relaxes. He focuses on the positives instead of the creepy shadow that his curtains are making. He goes to bed thinking of the things he is most thankful for.
It's simple really. Just remembering the things you are thankful for every night. But somehow we, as adults, we forget. We forget to be thankful for the little things. We forget to think positively and remember that no matter how stormy life gets, there are rainbows.
It's something I forget to do more often than I'd like to admit. I suppose our kids teach us almost as much as we teach them.
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