Fear where does it come from?

Which thoughts will we choose?

Fear is all in our heads. It is our Thoughts!  We only start feeling afraid after we have started thinking of something we are afraid of. For children with their vivid imaginations fearful thoughts can seem very real especially at night. A short prayer can help them release their fears and feel safe while alone in their beds.

Growing up I attended Unity Church where I learned about the power of our thoughts and about the “Prayer for Protection” by James Dillet Freeman. My mom would say it with me at bed time and it helped me to feel protected if I had fearful or negative thoughts and to focus on something positive while I drifted off to sleep. When I had children of my own we included the prayer as part of our bedtime routine to help them feel protected too. The prayer is as follows….

Prayer for Protection

The light of God surrounds us;

The love of God enfolds us;

The power of God protects us;

The presence of God watches over us;

Wherever we are god is and all is well.

by James Dillet Freeman

To me a prayer is one way to take what is troubling me and pass it over to something or someone bigger than myself to deal with. When using this prayer you could replace the word God with the higher power you or your child believe in and it would be just as powerful. My children always felt they were being taken care of and were safe when we said this prayer together as I tucked them in at night. They liked to end the prayer by putting a box of white light all around their bodies, their bed and their house to heal and protect them throughout the night. White light is the universal energy for healing and protection, my children would visualize it as an imaginary warm blanket of white energy around their body keeping them safe throughout the night. My son who loved to stall bedtime as much as possible would put white light around everyone and everything he knew so we eventually shortened his list to include the whole world. He liked the idea that while he was sleeping everyone in the world was safe too.