Helping Our Kids Remember JOY

I use to live with a lot of fear. I lived each day, each moment, anticipating something bad happening. I experienced a lot of anxiety and sadness.

I look back on those years of my life and think, "What was I teaching my kids?" I rarely vocalized my fears but it was blatantly obvious by the things I did and the unhappy state I was in.

I loved this quote by Carol Tuttle and thought it was note-worthy, she says, "As a parent, I can believe that the world is not a safe place for my children and pass this fear onto them, or I can empower them by making them aware of contrast, that good and evil exist in this mortal dimension, and teach them about the Law of Attraction- which is that they can choose whatever they want to experience. We do our children a great service by creating a space for them to know who they are, to love and honor them, to treat them with respect, to teach them correct principles, and to let them govern themselves, and learn from the contrast of life."

Isn't that amazing! Just think, by changing our lives and remembering JOY, we are teaching our kids that JOY is a part of life. That the their world is going to support them in being JOYful.

JOY is a vibration. It is a high frequency. When we teach our kids to stand a little taller, be a little better and plug into that frequency, we empower them to live happy, JOY filled lives. Can you think of a greater gift than that?

This weeks Challenge: Introduce your kids to the language of JOY. You might even want to sit down with them and explain in whatever terms they will understand that JOY is just like that speck of dust that we can only see when the sunlight is shining on it. Ask them if you can help each other be happy and remember the JOY that you have access to. If you don't have children, do this with a spouse or other family member.