and Kristina Tracy Louise L. Hay a id ean suzew Kids the a aes Cee a Taare acesge that Louise Hay eople throug pars. Now.Dear Parents and Teachers, Myname is Louse Hay. | have spent my career teaching people that their thoughts \ create thei ives, 've written many books that have helped people discaver their seffaworth, However, | have always believed that if children could learn the power of their thoughts early on theicjourney through Fe would be happiey and more rewarding. This book, which | have written with my friend Kristina Tracy, gives you a way to teach your children about affirmations. Affirmations are the thoughts and words we use in our daily lives, Words of worry. anger. and fear are negative affirmations. Optimistic words of hope. happiness, and love are positive affirmations. Insiele / Think, /Anr!you will see examples of kids tuming “negative” thoughts into pesitive words and actions, You can practice doing this at home with your child, | like to teach children to do “mirror work,” which is saying your positive affirmations in front ef a mirror, Amirror is very powerful tool because it connects you to the words you are saying. 4 great. affirmation to start with is 4 love myself.” Say this, or any other positive affirmation, over and over, and notice the difference! Love, LutuAF-FiR-Ma-tion Words that you think or say, and believe to be true.Did you know that the things you think and say have the power to make a big difference in your life? When you say something over and over, you start to believe it is true: and what you believe creates what you co and what happens to you. These kinds of thoughts and words are called affirmations. Learning to turn your unhappy (negative) thoughts inte positive affirmations is a great thing to practice. Here’s how it works: POSITIVE AFFIRMATION Change NEGATIVE THOUGHT rg | Love MyseLf, awd other 4 PeoPLe Love Me, too! Nobody Likes Me,POSITIVE THINGS HAPPEN! “Hi, want to be fiends?” The more you can learn to do this, the happier you will be. Keep reading to see more examples of kids turning negative thoughts into positive affirmations,When waiting around is not what you planned, you may start to have negative thoughts... This Line is so Long. We will NeveR get in fo the faik.eT MAKE TODAY GREAT!Have you ever wished you lacked different or more like someone else? You might feel like saying... | don’t Like My bait, | wish it were Like hers!Louise L. Hay, the author of the international bestseller You Can Heal Your Life, is a meta- physical lecturer and teacher with millions of books sold worldwide. For more than 25 years, she has helped people throughout the world discover and use their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. Website: www.LouiseHay.com®rating, gardening, and reading. Sh d her time in San Diego and Summerland. Manuela Schwake is an illustrator, and the art director for an advertising agency in Germany. When not illustrating, she enjoys rock climbing with her friends. / Think, /Am! is her first picture book. ae Hay House usA Hi P.0. Box 5100 nue Carisbad, CA 92018-5100 Cover design: Manuela Schwarz « Jacket design: Jenny Richards Photo of Louise and Kristina: © CharlesBush.com Printed in China= BB, casas Hay is the author of the intematicnal POUISEIS HAY) bestscies su Can tea Sour Lie which has ld nas tien deren epestinkitesirelt iL iy Das fest pubdshedt in 1954