Theme: Spiritual influence

Lucas' garden

Lucas didn't want to go to school anymore. Normally, he liked classes because he could meet his friends. But recently he was always sad.

He no longer wanted to play ball, he didn't want to play anymore, nor did he want to talk to his colleagues. He spent recess sitting, alone.

At home he was also different, always isolated, he didn't want to talk to anyone. One day his mother Anna, worried about her son, proposed:

- Honey, let's invite some friends to come to our house for you to play, on Saturday?

- What friends, mother? I do not have friends. Nobody likes me!

- What do you mean, son? Why are you saying this?

Anna then started to recall several facts that occurred between Lucas and his friends.

But Lucas was not convinced. Even though he knew that what his mother said was true, in his head this thought kept repeating: “nobody likes me”.

After a lot of conversation, Lucas admitted that he had no reason to think that, but that thought was insistent and made him very sad.

- Son, you have been attending the evangelization classes at the Spiritist Center and you know that our mind, in addition to sending thoughts, can capture thoughts from other minds too, which are in tune with ours. These thoughts that arise, for no real reason, may be suggestions from unhappy spirits who are disturbing you. We need to take care of this.

Lucas began to think that his mother might be right.

- Mom, when you ask me to clean my room, or hurry up so I'm not late, I already hear this thought: “she doesn't like me”. But I know this is not true.

- Of course not, on the contrary; if I care about you, it's because I love you a lot – said Anna, hugging her son.

The afternoon went on. After Lucas had finished his homework, Anna called him to go to the garden.

- Son, come here! I want to show you something. See this flower bed? I want you to tell me what it looks like.

The bed was in need of care, the weeds were already overgrown and scattered. Lucas looked at his mother uncomprehendingly.

- This bed is like our mind. See these weeds? – she said that and tore one of them, showing the roots. - We can compare them to our bad thoughts. Those who make us sad, or angry. If we let them live in our mind for too long, they take root. And they steal space from good thoughts.

Anna pointed to a basket beside the flower bed. It was full of flower seedlings.

- So we have to fill our minds with good thoughts, just like we cultivate flowers in the flower bed. I want you to choose a flower to replace these little bushes. As you do this, I want you to choose a good thought to replace this idea that no one likes you.

Lucas started by picking a pretty sunflower from the basket. He pulled out one of the weeds and planted the seedling in its place. While working with the flowers, he thought about his happy experiences until he chose one and said:

- I already know! When I get sad, I'll remember my birthday party. All my friends were there, and also everyone in the family. I really enjoyed the moment they sang Happy Birthday. And gifts! And the plays! And sweets! It's a very good memory I have, Mom!

Anna smiled and nodded to her son, seeing the relief in his eyes. And she hugged Lucas affectionately, saying:

- Every time you think that no one likes you, replace it with this memory. And you'll feel so much better. See how beautiful the bed is! - She said, satisfied.

The next day, Lucas put his mother's advice into practice. Whenever that bad thought came up, he immediately thought of his birthday party and rejoiced. Sometimes it wasn't easy. He had to make an effort to focus on the good thought and not repeat the bad thought.

But as the days went by Lucas noticed that it was working

He also began to notice more of his friends' gestures of friendship. And find it normal when someone had something else to pay attention to, other than him.

- Lucas, do you want to be on my team today? – said his friend John, during the break. - Yesterday I was on the other team because Caio had already called me, but today I want to play with you.

Lucas opened a smile:

- I do! Let's call Paul too.

Our mind is a garden, where we are the gardeners. Just as we fertilize the plants we want to grow, we must nurture good thoughts so that our lives can flourish.

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