My son had this amazing first grade teacher. She was spunky and energetic and always had these cool ideas or sayings. One of my favorite memories was this saying…”put it in a bubble”. As I volunteered in the classroom, I would see times when a student would be upset and talk it out with the her. However, in some cases that just wasn’t enough in the students eyes. So they would just sit stewing and replaying the incident over and over. It was like a cloud of “mad” started to form over them. At this point, the teacher would go over and ask…”Can you put in a bubble?”. And those magic words would amazing do the trick. The student and teacher would literally pretend to blow a bubble and then blow it up into the air. And just like that…all was happy again.
With my own kids, I love to use the line “put it in a bubble”. For them, the visualization something floating off and never being seen again…well it helps them move on.
How many times are we faced with situation where we just need to let things go? It could be something that someone said. It could be a situation from the past. It could be something someone did. The feeling frustration, anger, and regret can easily creep in and start taking over. If left unattended, these feeling can easily grow and fester.
Using this visualization really works…try it! Let go of the mad or sad…put it in a bubble, watch it drift off, and focus on happy.
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