A Lesson in Gratitude - An Inspiring Video

Although I experience what I like to call “Proud Mom Moments” daily, there are those rare occasions when one of my kids will catch me off-guard with conduct that leaves me asking the question, "Who are you, and what did you do with my child?"

Last weekend, my daughter was pleading her case about something with my husband and me. Honestly, I can’t even remember the topic of our discussion. I only recall that she wanted something that she wasn’t going to get. She didn’t appreciate our response and replied with a very dramatic and whiny, “I hate my life.”

To which I replied, “Excuse me? Did you just say you hate your life?”

She snapped her head up, and her eyes grew a bit larger, as if to say, “Did I really say that out loud?”

I asked her, “So you hate that you have a house to live in and clothes to wear and parents who love you?”

That’s all it took! My loving, generous, empathetic, grateful daughter reappeared; and the not-so-pleasant ego once again “disappeared”.

I have found that gratitude can be a very powerful grounding mechanism when “ego” shows-up. Gratitude is only one of the many powerful messages in this inspiring video. After viewing it myself, I called my children over to my computer and told them that I had something for them to watch. I asked them to watch and listen very closely. When the video was over, they just looked at me and said, “Wow.” Suffice it to say, they were impacted by what they saw and heard.

I hope you will share this video with the children in your life. Here's to Growing Healthy Kids and Sowing Healthy Habits... Maria Smalley

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