In tonight’s bedtime meditation for kids, we meet a big friendly giant called Gratitude the Gorilla. This wise ape will lead you through some meditation exercises based around thankfulness, so you can drift off to sleep with a big smile on your face and a warm fuzzy feeling in your heart. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Coco Sleep, a podcast of
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Speaker 1: original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime
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Speaker 1: a dream. Hey everybody, before we begin, I'd like to
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Speaker 1: bonus episode coming up on Wednesday this week, where we'll
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Speaker 1: be diving into the ocean to meet up with one
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Speaker 1: of our dearest friends, Zen the puffer Fish. There's an
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Speaker 1: octopus in the ocean who has been making such a
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Speaker 1: fuss over little things that his arms keep getting in
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Speaker 1: a tangle. Luckily, Zen is on hand and willing to help.
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Speaker 1: But tonight, let's head into the jungle. In tonight's bedtime meditation,
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Speaker 1: we'll venture deep into the leafy fronds of Sleepy Jungle,
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Speaker 1: where we'll meet the friendly giant Gratitude. The gorilla Gorillas
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Speaker 1: are large and hairy, and some people find them intimidating,
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Speaker 1: but our lovely friend, Gratitude has a heart of pure gold.
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Speaker 1: He's full to the brim with thankfulness for his family, friends,
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Speaker 1: and the natural environment he lives in. If you relax
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Speaker 1: and listen closely, Gratitude will share his tips that will
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Speaker 1: help you feel more thankful for things in your life.
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Speaker 1: As you journey through the forest with him, you will
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Speaker 1: encounter friends who can teach valuable lessons in how to
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Speaker 1: be grateful. So if you're ready, then I will be
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Speaker 1: in gratitude. The Gorilla by Joel Pim Let's begin by
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Speaker 1: lying down as comfortably as you can in your cozy bed.
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Speaker 1: Let us smile soften on your face as you relax
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Speaker 1: into the soft mattress to release any energy left over
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Speaker 1: from your day. Give your arms a shake, Yes, that's right,
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Speaker 1: a big shake, and then relax. Now clench your hands
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Speaker 1: into a fist and tighten them. Squeeze. That's right, and
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Speaker 1: then with a big sigh, relax your hands back down
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Speaker 1: to the mattress. Now relax your chest and shoulders back,
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Speaker 1: letting your muscles have a well deserved rest, moving further down,
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Speaker 1: just like you did with your arms. Give your legs
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Speaker 1: a big shake. That's right. Let all that energy out
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Speaker 1: and relax. Slowly bring your legs back to the mattress
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Speaker 1: in a comfortable position. You feel your body becoming calmer
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Speaker 1: and calmer. Now focus on what it feels like to
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Speaker 1: breathe in and breathe out. Like a balloon. You fully
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Speaker 1: inflate with each inhale, and let all the air out
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Speaker 1: with the exhil As you breathe in, you feel yourself
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Speaker 1: being filled up with love and light. Then, as you
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Speaker 1: breathe out, let go of any worried feelings. That's right.
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Speaker 1: These feelings come and go, almost like fluffy clouds passing
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Speaker 1: in the sky. If you don't like the feelings, don't worry.
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Speaker 1: They're just clouds. With time, clouds pass leaving a bright
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Speaker 1: sunny day behind. Bring your breathing back to a steady
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Speaker 1: and comfortable pace, easily following my voice. As you bring
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Speaker 1: your breathing back to an effortless pace, you feel yourself
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Speaker 1: becoming more and more relaxed and sleepy. Now imagine yourself
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Speaker 1: in the middle of sleepy jungle. Around you are thick
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Speaker 1: layers of green plants and tall wise trees. The jungle
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Speaker 1: is alive with weird and wonderful animals and birds. Songs.
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Speaker 1: In front of you, you see a small gorilla sitting
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Speaker 1: on under a large tree with his legs crossed, eyes closed,
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Speaker 1: and a big, warm grin on his face. He looks
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Speaker 1: so relaxed and at peace with himself, sitting completely still,
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Speaker 1: even with flies buzzing around his face, he still stays
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Speaker 1: still and calm. As you approach the small gorilla, he
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Speaker 1: notices you and squints open his eyes. His smile grows
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Speaker 1: even bigger as he sees you. His gratitude. Gratitude has kind,
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Speaker 1: loving eyes, with messy hair atop his head and a
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Speaker 1: big grin on his face. You instantly feel very comfortable
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Speaker 1: around this friendly gorilla. He invites you to come and
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Speaker 1: join him for his daily meditation practice. Gratitude explains that
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Speaker 1: this easy daily meditation is all about gratefulness. Being grateful
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Speaker 1: allows him to get in touch with himself and be
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Speaker 1: more content by focusing on all the good things in
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Speaker 1: his life. When he feels in a bad mood or
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Speaker 1: like nothing is going his way, he stops and does
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Speaker 1: a short meditation, and before too long, he's jumping around
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Speaker 1: with a big happy grin on his face. With that,
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Speaker 1: Gratitude slowly closes his eyes gets comfortable and moves naturally
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Speaker 1: into a relaxed way of breathing. You join gratitude by
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Speaker 1: starting to breathe in a way that feels nice and comfy.
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Speaker 1: You feel so grateful for your breath, so grateful that
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Speaker 1: a warm, fuzzy feeling comes up in your chest. You
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Speaker 1: feel so feel comfortable and at ease. This warm fuzzy
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Speaker 1: feeling travels with each breath around your body, making you
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Speaker 1: shine with love and light. We will now do a
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Speaker 1: simple breathing exercise together. We will breathe in for four seconds,
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Speaker 1: hold for four seconds, and exhale for four seconds. Here
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Speaker 1: we go. Let's start with a deep breath in one
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Speaker 1: two three four. Hold your breath one two three four
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Speaker 1: and breathe out one two three four. Breathe in one
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Speaker 1: two three four whole one two three four. Breathe out
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Speaker 1: one two three four, breathe in one two three four,
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Speaker 1: Hold that breath one two three four and let it
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Speaker 1: all go one two three four. Breathe in one two
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Speaker 1: three four, hold that breath one two three four and
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Speaker 1: let it all go one two three for your breath
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Speaker 1: gives you the oxygen that you need, enabling you to run, jump,
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Speaker 1: and play whenever you want. You feel so thankful for
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Speaker 1: your lungs for doing such a great job of keeping
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Speaker 1: you energetic and playful. You notice the power of your ears,
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Speaker 1: which allows you to listen to my voice. Without your ears,
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Speaker 1: you would not be able to listen to your friends.
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Speaker 1: You again feel grateful for the great job your senses
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Speaker 1: do to allow you to act in the world. You
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Speaker 1: feel grateful for the nature around you too. You feel
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Speaker 1: grateful for the trees, the plants, the sunshine, and the rivers.
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Speaker 1: You feel grateful for the other animals, for the little insects,
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Speaker 1: for the night time and the daytime. You feel gratefulness
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Speaker 1: building up inside of you. You feel the gratefulness as
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Speaker 1: a golden light radiating from your heart, which fills up
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Speaker 1: with love and happiness. This feeling then moves and fills
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Speaker 1: your whole body, moving from the top of your head
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Speaker 1: to the bottom of your tippeetoes. There are millions of
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Speaker 1: reasons to be thankful. Everything in the world works in
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Speaker 1: perfect order for us to have fun, play and be happy.
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Speaker 1: You notice a slight internal giggle come up within yourself.
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Speaker 1: Who feel so grateful for your ability to laugh and
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Speaker 1: experience joy. Your body is always taking care of itself,
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Speaker 1: making sure you have enough oxygen, moving your bones and
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Speaker 1: muscles in a way that allows you to move, run,
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Speaker 1: and play without you having to think about it. Tiny
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Speaker 1: little miracles are happening in every moment. All we have
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Speaker 1: to do is pay attention and enjoy. You are grateful
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Speaker 1: for everything. Let this feeling of gratefulness circulate throughout your
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Speaker 1: whole being. Slowly, you open your eyes and emerge back
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Speaker 1: into the jungle. As you come back into the jungle, long,
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Speaker 1: will you notice the surroundings look different. The trees and
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Speaker 1: vegetation around you seem to be lightly shimmering, almost like
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Speaker 1: a plucked guitar string. It almost feels like nature is
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Speaker 1: reacting to how you feel about it, like nature is
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Speaker 1: saying thank you for lovingly noticing it. You look around
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Speaker 1: at this new world, appreciating every moment. You look over
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Speaker 1: to Gratitude. As he slowly opens his eyes, He smiles
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Speaker 1: at you, and a deep being of gratefulness fills your heart.
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Speaker 1: Curious to learn more, you ask Gratitude what other exercises
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Speaker 1: he does to feel grateful in his life. Gratitude is
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Speaker 1: silent for a second, without saying a word. Gratitude reaches
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Speaker 1: into his bag and reveals an old book covered in cloth.
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Speaker 1: This is my gratitude journal, he says. Every morning, I
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Speaker 1: write down three things that I feel thankful for. Gratitude
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Speaker 1: flicks quickly to today's date and begins to read. Number One,
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Speaker 1: I'm grateful for my mum and dad. They do their
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Speaker 1: best to give me the best life possible. They are
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Speaker 1: so kind and loving, giving me lots of hugs when
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Speaker 1: I'm sad. Number two, I'm grateful for the jungle. It's
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Speaker 1: where all my friends live and it provides us with
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Speaker 1: all the food that we need. Number Three, I'm grateful
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Speaker 1: for my friends. They give me advice and they are
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Speaker 1: a lot of fun to be around. You look at
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Speaker 1: Gratitude's face, he's so happy with his gratitude journal. If
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Speaker 1: you would like, you could make your very own daily
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Speaker 1: gratitude journal, just like his. Your first need to find
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Speaker 1: something to write on, like a diary. Then at a
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Speaker 1: certain time of the day, morning or evening, you can
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Speaker 1: write down three things that you're grateful for. It's good
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Speaker 1: to do it in the morning to set you up
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Speaker 1: for your day in the best way. You can be
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Speaker 1: grateful for anything big or small. Doing this every day
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Speaker 1: allows you to feel more content with the small things
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Speaker 1: in your life, leaving a big smile on your face
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Speaker 1: for the rest of your day. With an ear to
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Speaker 1: ear grin on his head face, Gratitude stands up slowly.
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Speaker 1: He's now ready to show you more of his home.
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Speaker 1: He asks you to follow him, and you both start
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Speaker 1: walking along the trail, being aware of all the different
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Speaker 1: sounds and sights. The sides of the trail are bordered
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Speaker 1: by wise, towering trees that are firmly rooted in the
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Speaker 1: forest floor. Gratitude explains that these large trees are the
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Speaker 1: mothers of the forest. They provide a home for a
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Speaker 1: variety of animals, including us. They do a range of
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Speaker 1: amazing things like producing air for us to breathe and
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Speaker 1: providing shelter for animals. We have to be so grateful
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Speaker 1: for these trees, because if they're not here, a large
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Speaker 1: majority of the animals would not be here. Without their
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Speaker 1: fresh supply of oxygen that's made by the trees, we
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Speaker 1: would not be able to breathe. Gratitude then starts to
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Speaker 1: quicken the pace of his stride, and all of a sudden,
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Speaker 1: she jumps up and latches on one of the branches,
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Speaker 1: swinging from tree to tree. He gracefully glides across the
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Speaker 1: forest with ease. As you try to keep up with Gratitude.
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Speaker 1: You look all around you at all the amazing creatures
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Speaker 1: and plants. You look below and see several small animals, lizards,
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Speaker 1: tree frogs, some small tropical birds and mammals. You look
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Speaker 1: up at the trees above you. You can see chimpanzees
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Speaker 1: playing at the tops of the trees, flying from branch
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Speaker 1: to branch. Although you can't see them, you hear tropical
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Speaker 1: birds singing a beautiful song. What a beautiful sound. Right
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Speaker 1: at the top of the trees, you see sunlight beaming
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Speaker 1: through the canopy, scattering into distinctive sun rays that reflect
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Speaker 1: onto your face. The forest was buzzing with life. You
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Speaker 1: feel a deep sense of gratitude for nature. Everything is
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Speaker 1: living in perfect harmony. Flashing past you see families of gibbons,
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Speaker 1: orangutans and chimpanzees. Without breaking his stride, Gratitude calls out
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Speaker 1: lovingly to the other groups of monkeys. Attitude treated everyone
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Speaker 1: the same, no matter where they came from or who
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Speaker 1: they were. They were all family to him. He has
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Speaker 1: such a great relationship with them as He's so friendly
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Speaker 1: to them and is grateful for their presence in his life.
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Speaker 1: This allows the other animals to open up to him
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Speaker 1: and be more friendly back to him. In front of you,
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Speaker 1: Gratitude comes to a stop. He sees in the distance
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Speaker 1: a young chimpanzee playfully painting a picture on a canvas.
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Speaker 1: It's Charlotte, the chimpanzee, one of Gratitude's great friends. Charlotte
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Speaker 1: was painting a picture of the big trees around her
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Speaker 1: with great detail. Was very good. She had captured the
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Speaker 1: scene perfectly. When you look into the painting, it feels
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Speaker 1: like you're getting sucked into an enchanting world, the world
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Speaker 1: of Charlotte's imagination. You are amazed by her drawing, and
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Speaker 1: you ask her why she paints. Charlotte tells you she
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Speaker 1: paints to appreciate the natural world around her. It allows
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Speaker 1: her to see her environment in a different way and
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Speaker 1: show her appreciation for its beauty through her drawings. She
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Speaker 1: says that being grateful for the environment gives her a
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Speaker 1: deep sense of satisfaction and connection to the world around her.
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Speaker 1: You think to yourself for a moment about ways that
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Speaker 1: you could appreciate sl something that you're grateful for. After
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Speaker 1: spending time with Charlotte, the sky turns a warm orange color,
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Speaker 1: signaling that it is time for bed. With this signal,
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Speaker 1: you and Gratitude say goodbye to Charlotte and get back
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Speaker 1: on your way through the forest. You focus on the
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Speaker 1: environment again, but this time you're looking at the surroundings
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Speaker 1: with a different awareness. You are tuned into the array
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Speaker 1: of sounds in the forest, from the light buzzing of
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Speaker 1: the insects to the loud howl of the tropical birds.
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Speaker 1: In the distance, you hear a loud and bellowing sound.
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Speaker 1: Gratitude recognizes the sound immediately smiles and howls back. He
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Speaker 1: is home. He runs quickly into his family's arms, giving
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Speaker 1: his mom and dad a big hug. His brothers and
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Speaker 1: sisters come around to greet you. After a warm welcome
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Speaker 1: from Gratitude's family, you sit down to have supper at
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Speaker 1: the family home. When you sit down to eat, your
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Speaker 1: curiosity takes over. You ask Gratitude's mother what she is
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Speaker 1: grateful for. She takes the thoughtful and deep breath and
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Speaker 1: slowly starts to speak. Most of all, I'm grateful for
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Speaker 1: my family, which gives me so much meaning in my life.
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Speaker 1: I believe that we should be grateful for everything in
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Speaker 1: our lives. Gratefulness helps you to grow and expand, bringing
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Speaker 1: joy into your life and the lives of others. Even
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Speaker 1: giving a little thanks can make a big difference to
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Speaker 1: your life and the lives of people around you. You
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Speaker 1: thank gratitude m'um for her wisdom and announce that you're
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Speaker 1: going to head off to bed. She has already lovingly
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Speaker 1: set up a warm and cozy room for you in
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Speaker 1: their little house. The bed looks so inviting, covered in
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Speaker 1: blankets and pillows. As you lie down in your bed,
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Speaker 1: you look up at the stars and enjoy the beautiful
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Speaker 1: sounds of the jungle as soothe you as you feel
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Speaker 1: the warmth in your heart after a day of practicing gratefulness.
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Speaker 1: All these great insights have both energized you and made
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Speaker 1: you very tired at the same time. You feel your
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Speaker 1: eyes gently closing as you lie in bed. You feel
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Speaker 1: so thankful for such a powerful experience that you will
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Speaker 1: keep with you for the rest of your life. We
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Speaker 1: learned about the importance of gratitude in living a happy
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Speaker 1: and satisfying life. You take a moment to think about
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Speaker 1: all the things that you feel grateful for After your experience,
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Speaker 1: you enjoy the warmth of your heart as love fills
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Speaker 1: your whole body. A smile gently appears on your face
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Speaker 1: as you feel gradually pulled towards sleep, feeling more and
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Speaker 1: more relaxed and sleepy, until you slowly drift off wa