Lester Story #4: Toad in the Ivy and the Stars
Lester Story #4 Toad in the Ivy and the Stars – Lester’s room was messy giving me pause, peace. The toad scared me and he said “I’ll protect you.”
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Lester Story #3: Lester’s Friend Tony
In Lester Story #3, Kate Freeman talks about Lester’s friend Tony Sarantitis and how Lester often befriended others with nothing in return.
What is Gratitude?
What is Gratitude?
Gratitude can change your life.
When we feel gratitude it can be a step into another way of being.
When we feel gratitude we open our hearts and being and then there’s expansion.
My lesson as a five year old…
I learned a deep lesson in gratitude when I was five years old. Our neighbor and her little boy took my mom, brother and me to town. We all were having a nice little day together.
Thinking About Gratitude
I never made my children say thank you because from an early age I knew that it had to come from a deep place inside: true gratitude. I would always encourage them to be grateful. Always.
And just to clarify, wanting approval is wanting love, wanting respect or wanting friendship; wanting to be liked. It is wanting our friends and family to think well of us. It is the sense of lacking the love or approval. Lack = want.
How to Handle Tough Decisions and Make Better Choices
As we embark on what will surely be a unique holiday season, I cannot help but start to think about gratitude. From what I am daily grateful for to how I came about being grateful in the first place. Somehow, it always comes back to my kids. I am grateful for my kids….
Wanting Approval
One of the Heart of Releasing students wrote to me recently and asked about wanting approval.
And just to clarify, wanting approval is wanting love, wanting respect or wanting friendship; wanting to be liked. It is wanting our friends and family to think well of us. It is the sense of lacking the love or approval. Lack = want.