What do you teach your children to pray for

I met someone yesterday and we talked a bit about our connection with God. He told me that at night he lays down with his two sons and that he has taught them to ask God for what they want the next day. I mentioned to him that I had a different way of looking at this whole business of 'asking'. He jokingly shared that one of his boys asks that they may have food for the next day. "It's crazy," said this affluent man, a little exasperated. "I keep telling my son, the fridge is full, don't worry, we have enough food, but that's what he prays for everyday." Then he went on, "And, my older nine year old son always prays that no thieves or robbers may come at night when we are fast asleep." He laughed again. I asked him if I may say something about all this, and he said yes, of course. And I asked him to stop encouraging his sons to 'ask' God.

"Teach them, instead, to list all the things that happened during the day that they felt grateful for. Instead of teaching them to ask, which they do from a fear space, teach them to think about what made them feel happy, joyful, grateful, and leave it at that. After that, they don't have to ask for anything - the Universe will provide them what makes them joyful and happy, unasked," I told him. and so it goes for us all. That's all we need to do - be grateful.

In gratitude, for finally becoming the person who could write this blog :-),

Kiki ;-)
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