Recently at bedtime, my 4-year old daughter and I had a conversation.

Here’s how it went:

Kenzie: Hey Mama, hold these.

(she gave me something imaginary in each of my hands)

Me: What did you give me?

K: Lemons. Now, make a fist and squeeze them hard. Like, so hard to make them mushy.

M: OK. I’m squeezing them so hard! Now what?

K: Keep doing it. Hard. And now we count – 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Now, let them go. Doesn’t that feel nice in your hands now?

M: Yes! My hands do feel nice. But, why should I squeeze lemons?

K: If I’m ever feeling angry, frustrated, sad, mad. I can squeeze the lemons and count because it’ll make me feel better when I let the lemons go.

M: Oh! That makes sense. Where did you learn this?

K: In preschool Mama, where else?

What a simple and effective concept.

When you’re feeling rushed. Squeeze the rush-filled lemons and give 10-seconds to breathe.

When you feeling sadness creeping in. Give yourself time to squeeze the sad lemons in your hands, and release them.

Conversation spinning in your head like a merry-go-round? Squeeze the lemons, count, breathe, and let go of the control that the words have on you.

Rather than taking the lemons that life’s giving you to make a overly-sugary-positivity-lemonade, why not take the lemons, squeeze them to a pulp, and discard them? Sometimes lemons aren’t good to hold on to anymore, so let them go.

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