Day 6: Finding Love In Your Heart

Think about your day and all of the wonderful things that have happened today. Take four more deep breaths, hold them for the count of three and then let them go. If you have any sad thoughts or memories of something that may have gone wrong today, let them go with each breath.  Think about this past week of all you have learned about yourself and realize that the things that make you sad don’t matter. You have so many wonderful things that make you who you are that mistakes, hurtful words, or things that go wrong don’t define you.  They happen once in a while and it’s okay to recognize the sadness for a moment, and then we just let them go and find happier things to enjoy.  Find your spot to focus on, whether it is on the wall, the ceiling or on an object, it doesn’t matter. Clear your mind and at the same time take your right hand and place it on your chest above where you believe your heart is located.  Close your eyes and imagine you are able to feel your heart beating in your hand. Quietly breathe in and out and just focus on your heart beating.  Now think of how much love you have in your heart. Start listing in your mind everything you love, your parents, foster parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends, pets, anyone or anything that you can think of which makes your heart feel good when you think of them.  Now that you have the things (or people) in your mind, write them down in your journal and explain why you love them.  This is different than saying you are grateful for someone like you wrote on Day 2, this is loving someone. You can be grateful that someone is in your life and love them too, but right now we are focusing on how your heart is so happy when you think of this person or thing.  After you have written down at least three people, pets or things, then read the list aloud to yourself.  Can you feel the love inside of you right now as you are saying the names of those you love? Draw a heart by each name so you remember that you love them and they make your heart happy. Before you go to sleep tonight, lie in your bed and say the names of those you love out loud one more time. This way you can fall asleep thinking about how much love you have inside you.