Teaching Gratitude to Kids, Beginning with the One in the Mirror

Recently a friend posted a question for fellow parents on facebook.  She wanted to know how they cultivate gratitude in their kids.   I have been forming a response in my head, but it has grown too large for a facebook comment.  I thought it might do better for a long-overdue post just in time…

Taking Thoughts Captive

Much more surprising things can happen to any one who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable determinedly courageous one.  Two things cannot be in one place.  “Where you tend a rose, my lad, a…