My husband and I were chatting with my in-laws in the family room. We were talking about many miracles that happened in our lives. One of the miracle is like the story below:
“Mystery Woman Gives $500 Cash to Mother of Nine”.
LB, 8 years old, just insisted that the angel being referred to in this story above is his substitute teacher. And, that the teacher actually told him that she was the one who gave $500 to the daughter.
We all know it was a lie but for awhile you think about it.
So, before he went to sleep, I asked him to differentiate between reality and lies. I held a prescription bottle and told him, ”LB, what is this?”
“A medicine bottle”.
I said, “No, I insist it is the Sun.”
He got surprised.
I asked him, “If I am insisting that this is the sun, what would you tell my Therapist?”
LB said, “I would tell the therapist that you need to talk to my Mom, she thinks the medicine bottle is the Sun.”
I told him, “Should I tell your therapist that you insisted on your reality that the lady in the story is your substitute teacher or would you tell me the story again and be truthful about it. If you will insist on a lie, it makes you weaker, if you tell the truth it makes you stronger. I hope you make a good choice in your story. I want you to breathe in and out and relax. Do not tell the story if you feel stressed out. Tell me only when you are ready to tell the truth.”
LB said, ” It did not really happen and I said it because I wanted attention.”
I hugged him. I cheered him up and said “woo hoooo hooo” good decision. You are sure getting stronger.
