A glass of thoughts

In a far away land deep in the wilderness, there was a boy named Teddy. He lived in a small cottage with his mother and father. Teddy would always play in the lawn with his dogs. He would complete his homework without any complaints and enjoy every meal cooked by his mother. He was a good kid who always minded his manners and despite any  problem he remained positive and happy. But lately Teddy always seemed rather sad.

You see, When Teddy was five, he was gifted a thought glass by the tooth fairy. Every time Teddy had a deep thought about himself, it would get get stored in the glass. Every year Teddy would trade the full glass with the fairy for a wish. He could have any wish he wanted anything he asked for it would come true.

But this year was different, Normally his glass would be half full but this time it was filled till the top. It was too full and too heavy for the fairy to carry it back with her. She asked Teddy if he could empty the glass just a little bit from the top? Sadly Teddy was unsuccessful, the thoughts were too heavy and they were badly stuck in the glass, no matter what he tried they would just not budge.

The problem was that when was little all his thoughts about himself were positive. Positive thoughts are always very light and small, they don’t take up too much space and they don’t fill up to the top. They are light enough for the fairy to carry them back with her. Sadly this year Teddy had developed some negative thoughts about himself.  Negative thoughts are very heavy and big they take up too much space and are very hard to move. These negative thoughts were ingrained in his glass and no matter how hard Teddy tried he could not get them out. The tooth fairy also tried to help but even she was unsuccessful.

Teddy was crying, he had completely given up, he only had one wish, he wanted to travel the world, explore new places he had never seen before. By the end of week if Teddy wasn’t able to empty the thoughts the fairy won’t be able to fulfill his wish.

Out of frustration Teddy left his room giving up on his glass of thoughts. He went to the kitchen to get a snack. His mother was in the kitchen when she was Teddy’s eyes all swollen from tears. She immediately put her work aside and asked Teddy What’s wrong? Teddy started wailing and fell on his knees. Seeing her child in despair she gently help him up and told him to sit on the table. She then sat beside him and asked her him to tell her what had happened.

After sitting down Teddy wiped his eyes and told his mother everything that had happened, he told her about the glass full of negative thoughts and how he struggled to empty it from the top.

“Well” replied Teddy’s mom “instead of stuffing these thoughts in the glass why don’t you tell me about these thoughts maybe by talking about them we could release some of these thoughts?” She suggested

“I could try” Teddy replied

He hesitated for a while but after some time he told his mother about every single negative thought. One by one his mother heard him out and through intensive discussions she helped him clear his thoughts.

Now Teddy felt more relieved and relaxed, after enjoying some milk and cookies with his mother he went back to his room feeling like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. When he entered his room he noticed his glass wall half empty, now it was only full of positive thoughts. What a miracle! He was finally able to get rid of his negative thoughts.

The next day when the fairy came back to pick up the glass, it was the perfect weight for her to take it back.

As usual she took the glass of thoughts and in return she gave him a magical plane that would help him travel anywhere in the world. All he had to do was to think about his destination and he would reach there in a second.

Teddy was ecstatic he could finally fulfill his wish, he even invited his mother to go on a trip with him.

Teddy was happy again again and now he knew how to deal with his negative thoughts.  If he ever had such thoughts again he would simply talk it out with people he fully trusted And soon he would feel much better.