Summer Program... The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens ... Each Story Includes: Fun ... Crafts ... Activities ... and Material for K-12 Grades!

From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #8: Expand Happiness
Main Message: Your happiness will naturally expand the happiness of others in the world. If you create more happiness in your life, it does not take away from the happiness of others. When you respect others and their gifts and talents, people respect you. True happiness does not come from needing the acceptance of others, especially if this acceptance is based on artificial and fleeting judgements and circumstances. When you see that happiness comes from within yourself, not from outside yourself, you have all the tools you need.

• Happiness is an inside job
• If you create more happiness in your life, it does not take away from the happiness of others.

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #7: Fear Not
Main Message: When we seek the approval of others, we are moving away from our Dharma (purpose). Only we can know what is truly easy or carefree for us … what comes easily, without resistance. If someone wants us to do something that we find hard, say be an extroverted socialite when that makes us really uncomfortable, they are asking us to do something we have resistance to so it is contrary to our nature. The wisest family and friends feed the strengths of those they love to support them in their happiness.

• What you think of me is none of my business
• Judgement is artificial and temporary

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #6: Enjoy Change
Main Message: For most people, change is uncomfortable. And, for all people, change is an inherent part of life. Whether the change is ‘good’, new job, new baby, or ‘bad’, lost job, family sickness, change happens. The feelings associated with the change subside over time and many find that what was originally thought to be a problem was actually the best thing that could have happened. Do not fear change. Do not fear challenge. When challenges arise, and they do, an understanding of detachment can save you a lot of anguish. 

• Life is not meant to be a struggle
• Success and defeat are temporary and illusions

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #5: Be Carefree
Main Message: To live carefree is to live from a place of effortless ease. We are each unique manifestations of the Divine and we each have gifts and talents that are unique to us. One person might know just the right thing to say when comforting a friend where another knows how to make beautiful art from broken glass. Don’t be jealous of what others can do, seemingly without effort. Rejoice that they have those gifts because, together, as we discover and share our gifts with the world, we move closer to a place of harmony for all.

• Go with the flow rather than fight it
• Your internal guidance knows ease and grace

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #4: Give & Receive
Main Message: The secret to attaining what we desire is to give what we seek. As with all laws of the Universe, there is a two way flow thats create a cycle. Everything has a dark and light, birth and death, open and closed, up and down. It is important to note that you cannot keep only one way open and continue to grow and flow. The cycle is to both give and to receive. Receiving is as important for giving, and for many people it is harder than giving.

• Money is Love
• Give with a joyous heart and be grateful for being able to give

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #3: Relish the Journey
Main Message: Being present in each moment of our lives leads to more happiness. When your mind is thinking of the future or worrying about the past, you cannot be fully present to the people, places and situations now. We will use passages from “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle as we celebrate the moment of Now. Practice the power for enjoying each moment.

• By focusing on the Now, you can relish each moment
• Be present with the people around you

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From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens
Secret #2: Understand Karma
What we put forth in our lives is what we will receive. The Law of Karma is present in every religion. It is a universal law of cause and effect. 

• We reap what we sow
• You have a choice in every situation

Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Buddhism all have teach their version of Karma in the sacred texts. 

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From The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens 
Secret #1: Create Freely
We have the freedom to create anything we desire for our lives. But to create freely, means to create without resistance. Nature shows us the blueprint daily on how to create without resistance … without putting any obstacles in the path. If we choose resistance such as fear, worry or doubt, we choose to block our own good. The only thing holding us back from realizing our desires it our resistance to it. 

• You are meant to have happiness in your life
• You are meant to achieve your dreams

No matter what happens in our lives, we all have a choice of how we are going to react to it. This week's lesson contains an amazing video about releasing resistance. 

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