Find Your Child's Mind

Do you recall your childhood association with words? Did you create names for animals and plants? Did you tell stories?

Where’s your child’s mind today? Do you still have a loving relationship with words? 

Frederick Smock, a teacher of creative writing, learns daily from his students to think with a child's mind. One student astonished him with her words when she wrote from the point of view of a coconut. “I never have to go on vacation because I carry the waves inside of me,” she wrote.

Today, delight yourself with possibilities and let your words scurry around corners and under bushes. Look into the sky to capture connections. Consider all your areas of knowledge: animals, insects, gardening, travel, economics, and relationships. Discover music of the day and sing.

How will you communicate the awareness that makes your days and nights glitter? 

Let your words flee and flourish. Delight in metaphors to tell your stories. 

Find your child's mind.

Plunge into Positivity

How do you stay Positive about your life when moods and self-doubt disrupt your balance?  Discover ways to trick yourself with diversion.  

Try these ideas.  

l.   Laugh at yourself and the situation.  
2. Tell your mood, "I'm the boss here."
3.  Try a few deep breaths. Start with six in and out. Feel the coolness in through your nose and the heat as you breathe out. Go for ten in, twelve out. Enjoy the rhythm. Try it with a few ha ha ha ha ha's as you breathe out through your mouth.
4.  Give your mood a name and write a letter to it. Try a dialogue with it also. How will it respond?
5.  Clean out your refrigerator. You will want to return to your writing.

Keep widening that smile. Plunge into Positivity.

Grin Through It

Psychological Bulletin published an analysis of 138 studies about how facial expressions can influence emotional states. The analysis found smiles, frowns, scowls, and other expressions can amplify the associated positive or negative emotions. 

This facial feedback effect indicates that in a stressful situation, a full-on smile may reduce stress levels.

Other research suggests body position, postures, and gestures can also influence how individuals feel.

Try a meditation:  Sit and relax. Breathe and smile. Feel happy and peaceful. Smile. Extend the smile. Grin as though you are delighted. Be silly. Relax the mind.

Grin through all challenges.