Little Katie offered to help her mum to prepare a cake for her sixth birthday party. "Well thank you Katie! That's great! We'll make a special chocolate cake this year, with custard and roasted almonds, and coconut flakes..." said mum, wanting to make the event really exciting for Katie.
And so, the preparations for Katie's special cake started.
First, there was the whisking of eggs. Little Katie did it brilliantly but just as she was passing the bowl to her mum the egg mix fell on the kitchen floor. Mum didn't realize until she saw Katie sliding right and left in a puddle of egg mix, giggling and shouting: "Look mummy, I can dance like Justin Timberlake now! Look!"
Mum looking horrified, quickly proceeded to clean up the mess so they could start the cake all over again.
After the sponge base was taken out of the oven and had cooled down, it was time to squirt the custard onto the first layer of the cake. Katie thought she'd spice it all a bit more by emptying the whole jar of strawberry jam onto it too, and flatten it using her hands.
"Look mum, bloooooood! Aaaargh! Are you afraid mum?!"
Mum told her to stop messing and to wash her hands well with soap. "OK" said Katie " but can we keep the jam in my cake please mum? I like jam...Three hours later, the kitchen looked like a battle site and Katie's chocolate cake was almost finished.
Mum had melted dark chocolate buttons and had covered the cake fully with the melted chocolate, and the coconut flakes were ready to be sprinkled onto the top. Katie was busy licking the remaining melted chocolate straight from the bowl. Her red lips and rosy cheeks were covered in dark brown chocolate and her new pink t-shirt was now a little abstract work of art.
"Katie! What are you doing? Don't you want to wait until we finish your special cake?" to which Katie, wearing the biggest smile on her little cute face, replied: "No mummy, thank you, I'm happy now".
Just thinking of little Katie puts a smile on my face...
Kids can often teach us adults valuable lessons. And no one knows how to be happy the way kids do. Playfully, even nonchalantly, fully immersing yourself in the moment, with no other expectations but to just be there and enjoy whatever it is you are doing to the maximum.
Being happy " just because" is something we, as adults, tend to forget along the way. When you allow yourself to remember all the simple, "silly" things you used to do when you were a kid that made you so happy so easily, you can realize that you can choose to be happy right now too. Just think of something that puts a smile on your face and notice how much happier you feel!
Follow Dr. Richard bandler's Recipe for Happiness: Be in a good mood for as long as you can!
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