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Speaker 1: Levi was always happy and fun to be around. He
Speaker 1: was always ready with a joke to make a friend
Speaker 1: laugh and lift someone's spirit. He was encouraging and positive
Speaker 1: and always ready to lend a hand and see things
Speaker 1: from someone else's point of view before reacting to a situation.
Speaker 1: Then one day, something unusual happened. He was having a
Speaker 1: long week at summer camp, and when his friend Connor
Speaker 1: dropped him an Ivy off on Thursday afternoon.
Speaker 2: He felt well, not himself.
Speaker 1: His attitude was sour, like a double cup of lemonade,
Speaker 1: but without the sugar. Hey, friends, have you ever felt
Speaker 1: that way?
Speaker 2: I know I have.
Speaker 1: His smile was nonexistent, and he just felt off. He
Speaker 1: wore a frown on his face that made him look
Speaker 1: like he didn't want to talk to anyone, and lucky
Speaker 1: for him, I guess walking around with such a negative
Speaker 1: expression on his face made anyone in his path walk
Speaker 1: the other way. Levi just seemed different, so different that
Speaker 1: when he walked in the front door, his dad quickly
Speaker 1: knew something was wrong. Levi, buddy, how was camp, asked.
Speaker 2: His dad before looking up and seeing Levi's face.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, judging by your body language, I'm thinking it wasn't.
Speaker 2: Your best day.
Speaker 1: My body language, what do you mean by that? Dad
Speaker 1: snapped Levi as he slammed the door behind him. I
Speaker 1: haven't even said anything, so what language are you even
Speaker 1: talking about? Okay, Levi, first of all, apologize for the
Speaker 1: way you just spoke to me, said his dad. I'm
Speaker 1: here to help you, and it's clear that you're having
Speaker 1: a bit of a hard day. I'm sorry, said Levi quickly,
Speaker 1: as he crossed his arms and the frown on his
Speaker 1: face grew bigger and bigger.
Speaker 2: I'm not having a bit of a hard day. I'm
Speaker 2: having a lot of a bad week.
Speaker 1: As Levi's dad was trying to figure out how he
Speaker 1: was going to handle the situation, as Ivy walked.
Speaker 2: In, well actually hind skipped Ivy.
Speaker 1: She was singing a song quietly to herself, with a
Speaker 1: huge smile on her face. It was clear to both
Speaker 1: Levi and his dad that she was not having a
Speaker 1: bad day.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, dolue.
Speaker 1: Do do, saying Ivy as she's spun around the living room,
Speaker 1: wasn't today the best day at camp Levi? It was
Speaker 1: then that she stopped spinning and looked at her brother.
Speaker 1: It only took a second to realize that it definitely
Speaker 1: wasn't leevi best day.
Speaker 2: What's wrong, Levi? You look really.
Speaker 1: Really, began Ivy, before Levi interrupted her mad, Well I am,
Speaker 1: Levi shouted back. Now, Levi, you know that's not how
Speaker 1: we talk to each other, said his dad. Please apologize
Speaker 1: to Ivy. Sorry, said Levi under his breath. Ivy could
Speaker 1: barely hear him, but she knew he meant it. She
Speaker 1: knew he wasn't mad at her, and as his sister,
Speaker 1: she just wanted to help him and figure out what
Speaker 1: was making him upset, Ivy's dad gave her a hug
Speaker 1: and asked her about her day. She filled him in,
Speaker 1: but didn't go into too many fun details because she
Speaker 1: didn't want to make Levi more upset. After all, she
Speaker 1: clearly had a great day and Levi clearly didn't. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you had a great day, said Ivy's dad.
Speaker 1: I have to talk to Levi now, so why don't
Speaker 1: you go into the kitchen and grab a snack?
Speaker 2: Actually, would you mind if I stayed Levi?
Speaker 1: Ivy asked her brother. I'd really like to help if
Speaker 1: I can. Levi just nodded his head, and Ivy took
Speaker 1: a seat next to him on the couch. Levi, we
Speaker 1: both want to help you work through these emotions you're
Speaker 1: having right now, said Levi's dad. Would you like to
Speaker 1: tell us what's making you so upset? Talking about a
Speaker 1: problem always makes me feel better and often helps me
Speaker 1: solve it.
Speaker 2: I guess, said Levi. But it's just one bad thing
Speaker 2: after another.
Speaker 1: He started by telling Ivy and his dad about what
Speaker 1: had happened at the baseball game he.
Speaker 2: Played earlier in the week.
Speaker 1: He really had his heart set on pitching, and his
Speaker 1: camp counselor was coaching that day and promised him he
Speaker 1: could pitch, But when Levi and his friends got to
Speaker 1: the field, another counselor was coaching and already had a
Speaker 1: few of his own pitchers lined up. That made Levi upset,
Speaker 1: but it was only one little thing, so he moved
Speaker 1: on pretty quickly, or at least that's what he thought
Speaker 1: his move did affect his game. Levi really wasn't into
Speaker 1: that game after being told he couldn't pitch, and that
Speaker 1: put him in a bit of a bad mood. Bad
Speaker 1: mood made it hard for him to concentrate, which caused
Speaker 1: him to not play very well on the field and
Speaker 1: probably didn't help his hitting either.
Speaker 2: He struck out twice. The next day.
Speaker 1: That bad mood carried over, maybe because Levi didn't talk
Speaker 1: about what was bothering him. He started his day out
Speaker 1: with a bit of a frown, thinking of the day
Speaker 1: before and how he didn't get to pitch at the
Speaker 1: baseball game. It was a rainy day at camp, which
Speaker 1: you may think would make any camper upset, but not exactly.
Speaker 1: Levi was excited for a quiet camp day and was
Speaker 1: ready to play air hockey with his friends in the
Speaker 1: main hall. However, when they got there, they were met
Speaker 1: with a big sign on the air hockey table that
Speaker 1: said out of order.
Speaker 2: Sorry. As he read the sign, Levi.
Speaker 1: Could feel his face turned red. Lenched his teeth tight
Speaker 1: and stomped away from the table. His friends called after
Speaker 1: him because they wanted to play a board game instead,
Speaker 1: but Levi just sat in the corner and pouted. He
Speaker 1: looked so angry, in fact, that none of his friends
Speaker 1: even tried to go over and ask him to play again.
Speaker 2: They just went to leave him alone.
Speaker 1: The next day, you guessed it, that bad mood showed
Speaker 1: up to camp with Levi again that day. His frown
Speaker 1: was much bigger than the day before, and it was
Speaker 1: obvious to everyone he was unhappy. Levi wasn't feeling very positive,
Speaker 1: as he kept thinking his week was just going to keep.
Speaker 2: Getting worse, and unfortunately he was right.
Speaker 1: That day, Levi's group was in charge of picking afternoon
Speaker 1: snack for the whole camp, which does sound pretty great.
Speaker 1: I mean, who could be mad at snack time? So
Speaker 1: that made Levi think things were finally looking up. The
Speaker 1: choices for snack were s'mores or candy pudding. Levi loved
Speaker 1: candy pudding. That was when the kids could pick any
Speaker 1: candy they wanted to go in their chocolate or vanilla pudding.
Speaker 1: So before voting started, Levi asked his friend Connor and
Speaker 1: Al to please vote for candy pudding. The counselors gathered
Speaker 1: all the kids from Levi's group in the main hall
Speaker 1: and got to voting. Raise your hand if you'd like
Speaker 1: candy pudding for a snack, called out one of the
Speaker 1: counselors as another counted the hands that were in the air.
Speaker 1: Levi raised his hand super high alongside his friend Connor,
Speaker 1: and they gave their vote for candy pudding. His friend Ol, however,
Speaker 1: at the very last minute, didn't raise his hand. Levi
Speaker 1: was shocked and could feel his face starting to get
Speaker 1: read again.
Speaker 2: He was getting mad.
Speaker 1: What is going on, he thought to himself. Al whispered
Speaker 1: that he was sorry to Levi and then raised his
Speaker 1: hand for smores. So, after the counselors totaled up his votes,
Speaker 1: s'mores won by just one vote. Levi was stunned, disappointed,
Speaker 1: and really upset. However, this time he was more upset
Speaker 1: than he had ever been before. The week was just
Speaker 1: getting worse and worse. And he couldn't take it anymore.
Speaker 1: He turned to his friend out and did something he
Speaker 1: had never done before. He yelled at him.
Speaker 2: Ol what did you just do? Exclaimed Levi. You promise
Speaker 2: me you'd vote for candy pudding. I am sorry, Levi.
Speaker 2: I didn't.
Speaker 1: Oh, it would make you that mad, said Al, backing
Speaker 1: away from Levi because he was getting so loud. Levi
Speaker 1: got so loud, in fact, that his camp counselor walked
Speaker 1: over and had to take Levi away from the group
Speaker 1: to try and calm him down. Levi ended up spending
Speaker 1: the rest of the day playing by himself. He was
Speaker 1: so upset, in fact, that he didn't even eat his
Speaker 1: smores and instead just kept to himself until it was
Speaker 1: time to leave. Levi's counselor even had to give him
Speaker 1: a note for his parents to sign, saying that he
Speaker 1: yelled at another camper that day and that really didn't make.
Speaker 2: Him feel good. He'd never had a note sent home
Speaker 2: about his behavior before.
Speaker 1: Levi. I'm really sorry, said Ivy when Levi was done talking.
Speaker 1: I didn't know you were so upset at camp this week,
Speaker 1: and that was likely because Ivy was in another camp
Speaker 1: group and participating in a bunch of other activities over
Speaker 1: the last few days. She did notice, however, that Levi
Speaker 1: wasn't eating his smores at snack time, but just thought
Speaker 1: maybe he was full from lunch. So that's why I'm mad,
Speaker 1: said Levi. It did feel good to talk about what
Speaker 1: had happened that week, but Levi still didn't feel happy again.
Speaker 1: Ivy and her dad were glad that Levi shared how
Speaker 1: he was feeling and got to work trying to figure
Speaker 1: out the best way to get him back to his normal,
Speaker 1: happy self. Levi is okay to be upset sometimes, said
Speaker 1: his dad. It's okay to be mad and disappointed, but
Speaker 1: the way we choose to deal with those emotions is
Speaker 1: very important. I'll sign that note from your counselor, but
Speaker 1: you have to promise me that we can work together
Speaker 1: to help you find a better way to express yourself
Speaker 1: when you're mad. Levi nodded his head at his dad.
Speaker 1: Then he felt his face get hot like it had
Speaker 1: before when the air hockey table was broken. He knew
Speaker 1: it was getting read too, but then he felt a
Speaker 1: tear run down his cheek. He wasn't just mad, then
Speaker 1: he was frustrated, and he knew he needed help to
Speaker 1: work through these emotions. Levi felt bad about the way
Speaker 1: he had acted at camp the last few days, and
Speaker 1: he knew he wanted to apologize to Al, his other friends,
Speaker 1: and the camp counselor. But first, leeve I had to
Speaker 1: figure out a good strategy for dealing with these mad
Speaker 1: emotions when they pop up.
Speaker 2: And that's when Ivy stepped in.
Speaker 1: She had experience working through emotions and had something she
Speaker 1: thought would really help Levi. Hey, daddy, do you think
Speaker 1: Levi and I could talk alone for a bit, asked Ivy.
Speaker 1: I think I might have something that can help Levi
Speaker 1: with his emotions. That sounds good to me, said Levi
Speaker 1: and Ivy's dad, how about I go make you both
Speaker 1: a little snack while you talk. Ivy nodded and smiled,
Speaker 1: and Levi gave a thumbs up. He was still feeling down,
Speaker 1: but was really.
Speaker 2: Hopeful that whatever Ivy was going to show him would work.
Speaker 1: So, Ivy, what are you thinking will help me deal
Speaker 1: with my emotions when someone makes me angry?
Speaker 2: Asked Levi as he looked at his sister.
Speaker 1: Hold On, I'll be right back, said Ivy with a
Speaker 1: smile as she twirled out the living room and ride
Speaker 1: up the stairs to her room. Levi waited somewhat impatiently
Speaker 1: because he was still feeling a little bit mad about
Speaker 1: everything that had happened to him that week. He really
Speaker 1: hoped whatever Ivy had planned would work, but not knowing
Speaker 1: for sure if it would, it wasn't helping his mood.
Speaker 1: Here we go, Levi called out Ivy as she ran
Speaker 1: back down the stairs from her room.
Speaker 2: This will help you out, for sure.
Speaker 1: Ivy stood in front of her brother, holding an antique
Speaker 1: mirror that her grandmother had given her about a year before.
Speaker 1: A mirror, asked Levi, sounding a bit annoyed, What am
Speaker 1: I supposed to do with that?
Speaker 2: It's for self reflection, answered Ivy self. What, asked Levi?
Speaker 1: That's exactly what I said to Mom when she told
Speaker 1: me about self reflection when I was sad and having
Speaker 1: a rough week at school, said Ivy, looking into the mirror.
Speaker 1: This mirror really really helped me work through those emotions,
Speaker 1: and now I have this as a tool to help
Speaker 1: when I'm feeling sad. I always know I have you
Speaker 1: and Mom and Dad to talk to, but sometimes I
Speaker 1: like to try and work things out by myself. It's
Speaker 1: a really good feeling, to control your emotions and not
Speaker 1: let them control you.
Speaker 2: That all sounds great, Ivy.
Speaker 1: But what is self reflection asked Levi, again, still not
Speaker 1: totally convinced that the old mirror would help him. First off,
Speaker 1: it's a great way to work through feelings, sad, mad
Speaker 1: or frustrated, began Ivy, mom told me, self reflection means
Speaker 1: to look at things that have happened that are causing
Speaker 1: you to feel the way you do, and learn from them,
Speaker 1: like asking what could you have done differently change the outcome?
Speaker 1: Or would it have helped to look at the situation
Speaker 1: from another person's point of view. Okay, so how does
Speaker 1: the mirror fit into all of this?
Speaker 2: Asked Levi, sounding a little more interested in what Ivy
Speaker 2: had to say.
Speaker 1: And that was the best part of the whole self
Speaker 1: reflection journey, because the mirror Ivy held in her hands
Speaker 1: was magic.
Speaker 2: It's a magic. The mirror is magic, exclaimed Ivy.
Speaker 1: It will show you your true emotions reflected to you
Speaker 1: as a color, and then you can watch as the
Speaker 1: things you do either make that color get brighter or
Speaker 1: help it to fade away, bringing you.
Speaker 2: Back to your usual happy, positive self. Magic whispered Levi.
Speaker 1: Now this is the kind of thing he was interested in.
Speaker 1: He and Ivy ran out to the treehouse and got
Speaker 1: ready to conquer those angry emotions. Levi made himself comfortable
Speaker 1: on a bean bag chair and took the mirror from Ivy.
Speaker 1: He looked at his reflection in it and nothing happened. Great,
Speaker 1: another thing to be mad about, grumbled Levi. Then as
Speaker 1: he went to hand the mirror back to Ivy, he
Speaker 1: saw something, something red, and that red thing was him
Speaker 1: my face.
Speaker 2: It's it's it's red, shotted Leevi. I almost dropping Ivy's mirror.
Speaker 1: She did her best to calm her brother down, telling
Speaker 1: him that the color change was part of the process,
Speaker 1: and explaining to him what was happening. Levi calmed down,
Speaker 1: your face looks like a bright red tomato when you
Speaker 1: looked in the mirror, because there's the same people use
Speaker 1: when they feel angry or mad. They say they're seen red,
Speaker 1: explained Ivy. Yep, I'm definitely seeing red. Now, Ivy, how
Speaker 1: do I stop it? Shotted Levi, sounding a little scared.
Speaker 2: I don't like this. I want to change it back
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 1: Ivy could tell that Levi was getting mad as he
Speaker 1: held up the mirror and looked like he was going
Speaker 1: to throw it. But if he did that and the
Speaker 1: mirror broke, he may be the color of a tomato forever,
Speaker 1: and even worse, he may never learn how to deal
Speaker 1: with his angry emotions. Ivy knew she had to act
Speaker 1: fast to save the mirror and help Levi. Levi, it's okay,
Speaker 1: said Ivy, trying to reassure her brother. I felt the
Speaker 1: same way you do now when I looked into the
Speaker 1: mirror and my face.
Speaker 2: Was all blue.
Speaker 1: That's because of the expression feeling blue, which means someone
Speaker 1: is feeling down or sad. But everything turned out fine.
Speaker 1: Look at me now, no more blue face. She reached
Speaker 1: up and grabbed a hold of the mirror, making sure
Speaker 1: Levi didn't drop it. He started to calm down, feeling
Speaker 1: better that his sister was by his side and that
Speaker 1: she had been through all of this before. Okay, so
Speaker 1: my face looks like a giant strawberry, and that's okay,
Speaker 1: whispered Levi to himself. What do I do now, Ivy.
Speaker 1: Ivy then explained to her brother what she did when
Speaker 1: she used the mirror. She told him how she realized
Speaker 1: the color changing her face was due to her emotions,
Speaker 1: and that it would probably be the best to think
Speaker 1: of each thing that made her sad over the week
Speaker 1: and try to work through each situation in her head,
Speaker 1: trying to figure out if she could have done something different,
Speaker 1: you know, and gotten a different outcome.
Speaker 2: Ivy tried to.
Speaker 1: Think of something good that came out of each situation,
Speaker 1: even though it resulted in her being sad. She also
Speaker 1: tried to see if there was maybe a miscommunication somewhere
Speaker 1: which caused the problem. Once she went through all the
Speaker 1: different situations in her head, concentrating on making each one
Speaker 1: better and figuring out what about that made her sad
Speaker 1: in the first place, the blue color on her face faded,
Speaker 1: and she was left with a bunch of strategies to
Speaker 1: use the next time she felt sad. So now I'm
Speaker 1: gonna sit here and think about each of the things
Speaker 1: that happened to Camp that got me mad, asked Levi.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I want to do that, I'll
Speaker 2: just be more upset.
Speaker 1: And as Levi said that, he saw his face getting
Speaker 1: redder and redder in the mirror's reflection. Levi, you have
Speaker 1: to try and calm down urged Ivy. The mirror can't
Speaker 1: help you if you don't try and help yourself. Levi
Speaker 1: watched his face turn a brighter red, and he knew
Speaker 1: he had to do something about it.
Speaker 2: Red was one of his favorite.
Speaker 1: Colors, and he loved tomatoes and strawberries, but he didn't
Speaker 1: need to look like them, and more importantly, he had
Speaker 1: to learn to get control of his emotions. Ivy then
Speaker 1: suggested he take some deep breath. You know what, why
Speaker 1: don't we take some deep breaths with Levi?
Speaker 2: Can we do that? Take three big breaths?
Speaker 1: Ready, friends, great job, Let's continue on with the story.
Speaker 1: This always works for me, Levi said Ivy. Anytime I
Speaker 1: feel big emotions like sadness or anger, I close my
Speaker 1: eyes and take a few deep breaths. It really helps
Speaker 1: to calm your mind. And when your mind is calm,
Speaker 1: then you can think better and make choices. Levi I
Speaker 1: listened to Ivy, closed his eyes and took a few
Speaker 1: deep breaths. He could feel himself calm me down, and
Speaker 1: when he opened his eyes, he noticed that the red
Speaker 1: color on his face had faded slightly. Now that you're
Speaker 1: a bit calmer, let's start with you thinking about the
Speaker 1: first thing that happened at camp that made you mad,
Speaker 1: said Ivy. That would be when I was supposed to
Speaker 1: pitch at the baseball game. I didn't get to because
Speaker 1: my counselor was being mean and didn't tell the counselor
Speaker 1: filling in for him that he promised me I could,
Speaker 1: said Levis.
Speaker 2: His face got redder.
Speaker 1: Now, Levi, you're getting all worked up again, said Ivy.
Speaker 1: I can tell you're mad because you called your counselor mean.
Speaker 1: Those are your emotions coming out in a negative way.
Speaker 2: Well, he is mean.
Speaker 1: Why wouldn't he tell the other counselor that he promised
Speaker 1: me I could pitch if he knew he wasn't going
Speaker 1: to be at the game, grumbled Levi, with a scowl
Speaker 1: on his face. You have it all wrong, said Ivy.
Speaker 1: Did you bother to ask where your counselor was before
Speaker 1: getting upset? One strategy that's good to use in situations
Speaker 1: is seeing things from another person's point of view. If
Speaker 1: you did that, you would have found out that your
Speaker 1: counselor was in the doctor's tent that day because he
Speaker 1: got stung by a bee and he's allergic to them,
Speaker 1: so he probably wasn't thinking about you pitching, because I
Speaker 1: bet he was pretty scared. Ivy knew all of this
Speaker 1: because she helped out at the doctor's tent as part
Speaker 1: of a first day bad. She was working on a
Speaker 1: camp that summer. Oh no, I had no idea that happened,
Speaker 1: said Levi. He was back the next day, and I
Speaker 1: didn't even think to ask about what happened, because you
Speaker 1: were mad, said Ivy. Levi nodded his head. That made
Speaker 1: him feel pretty bad to know he created a story
Speaker 1: in his head about his counselor that wasn't true all
Speaker 1: because he was too upset to talk it out with him.
Speaker 1: He then thought how he would feel if that were him. Hey, friends,
Speaker 1: do you ever find that sometimes we focus too much
Speaker 1: on what's going on in our own emotions and in
Speaker 1: our own world that we forget that people outside of
Speaker 1: that are also dealing with things.
Speaker 2: Because I know I do.
Speaker 1: It's pretty hard, but I think Ivy's making a really
Speaker 1: good point here. Levi thought a little more about the
Speaker 1: game too. Instead of shaking it off and moving on.
Speaker 1: After he couldn't pitch, he let his bad mood effect
Speaker 1: how he played that day. He struck out and played
Speaker 1: poorly on the field because he let his emotions take over.
Speaker 1: Playing the way he did not only made him feel
Speaker 1: more upset, and what he was starting to realize was
Speaker 1: that he had control over the way he feels, and
Speaker 1: why would he ever choose to do something that makes
Speaker 1: him feel mad or upset. This is helpful, Ivy, but
Speaker 1: I really feel bad now. I didn't ask what was
Speaker 1: wrong with my counselor or why he missed the game,
Speaker 1: said Levi. My counselor is great, and I wish I
Speaker 1: could tell him that right now. That's great, Levi explained, Ivy,
Speaker 1: you're learning the mirror is working.
Speaker 2: Look.
Speaker 1: Levi looked in the mirror and noticed that his face
Speaker 1: didn't look quite as read anymore. He smiled a little,
Speaker 1: knowing that the next day at camp he would go
Speaker 1: and talk with his counselor.
Speaker 2: Talking to your counselor would be great.
Speaker 1: That way you can explain how you were feeling and
Speaker 1: make sure he knows that you were thinking.
Speaker 2: About him, exclaimed Ivy.
Speaker 1: Next, Levi turned his attention toward the rainy day at camp,
Speaker 1: when he was so excited to play air hockey with
Speaker 1: his friends, but the table was broken. He could once
Speaker 1: again feel himself starving to get upset, but instead of
Speaker 1: letting his emotions take over, Levi closed his eyes and
Speaker 1: took a few deep breaths. Good job, Levi, whispered Ivy,
Speaker 1: cheering on her brother for working so hard. I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about the air hockey table being broken and how it
Speaker 1: made me feel, explained Levi.
Speaker 2: Why did it have to be broken?
Speaker 1: It ruined my whole plan for a fun, rainy afternoon
Speaker 1: at camp with my friends. I was really looking forward
Speaker 1: to it, and after the baseball game, I really needed
Speaker 1: something to go right. Levi then sat and thought for
Speaker 1: a minute or two before shaking his head. I think
Speaker 1: it was just a bad situation, Ivy. I could learn
Speaker 1: anything from it, and I couldn't have handled it any differently,
Speaker 1: said Levi's he stared into the mirror. I mean it
Speaker 1: just kept getting worse after he found out the tables broken,
Speaker 1: I just sat around and did nothing for the rest
Speaker 1: of the afternoon. Ivy was searching for something to say
Speaker 1: to Levi, whin a light bulb went off in her head.
Speaker 1: So you and your friends all just sat around for
Speaker 1: the rest of the afternoon and did nothing, asked Ivy,
Speaker 1: knowing what the answer would be. Levi nodded his head
Speaker 1: and then quickly remembered something. No, they played board games,
Speaker 1: answered Levi. So you chose to sit and do nothing
Speaker 1: for the rest of the afternoon. You chose not to
Speaker 1: play with your friends, and you let your emotions went
Speaker 1: out and caused you to have a bad rest of
Speaker 1: the day, stated Ivy. It was then that the light
Speaker 1: bulb went off, and Levi said as well. He never
Speaker 1: thought of it that way. You're right, he said to Ivy.
Speaker 1: My friends all looked like they were having a great
Speaker 1: time even though the air hockey table was broken. It
Speaker 1: should have made me feel happy for them, but instead
Speaker 1: it only made me more It's a weird feeling to
Speaker 1: be mad at someone for having a good time, said Ivy.
Speaker 2: But that's exactly what happened.
Speaker 1: You were mad that they were able to move on
Speaker 1: from their disappointment after finding out the air hockey table
Speaker 1: was broken and still make the most of their afternoon.
Speaker 1: That's it, exactly, said Levi. They even asked me to
Speaker 1: play with them, and I said no, and I just
Speaker 1: walked off to pout and be upset. I let the
Speaker 1: whole afternoon go by and missed out on a ton
Speaker 1: of fun with my friends. Should have just realized that
Speaker 1: there were still lots of fun things to do that
Speaker 1: we could have done that afternoon. That's it, said Ivy.
Speaker 1: Just changing the way you look at a situation sometimes
Speaker 1: can really help. You could have just looked around and
Speaker 1: saw all the other options in the camp hall. Next
Speaker 1: time you're in a similar situation, you'll do that. That's
Speaker 1: really good advice, Ivy Levi said, agreed to a sister.
Speaker 1: Next time I'm upset or disappointed because something didn't go
Speaker 1: my way, I can look around and see what other
Speaker 1: options I have instead of letting that opportunity go by
Speaker 1: and waste my time. I'm being upset and alone. Levi
Speaker 1: smiled and took another look at himself in the mirror.
Speaker 1: He could now see that his face was just a
Speaker 1: light pink, no more tomato read. It was obvious that
Speaker 1: talking things out with Ivy was really helping. He was
Speaker 1: collecting so many good strategies to help him in the
Speaker 1: future when something popped up that could make him upset.
Speaker 1: Now on to the last thing that made you upset,
Speaker 1: said Ivy. Levi took another deep breath and started talking
Speaker 1: about the candy pudding incident. He was just so sure
Speaker 1: his friend was going to vote for candy pudding that
Speaker 1: even right then, he still couldn't understand why he didn't
Speaker 1: Connor voted for candy pudding with me. Why didn't Al
Speaker 1: do it too, asked Levi. He promised he would. Well,
Speaker 1: that is one thing I don't have an answer for,
Speaker 1: said Ivy. You'd have to ask all that question. In fact,
Speaker 1: you should have asked Al that day. Maybe his answer
Speaker 1: would have helped you to not be so upset with him.
Speaker 2: I guess you're right.
Speaker 1: I let my emotions win again, but this time I
Speaker 1: yelled at someone, actually two people, Alan, one of the counselors.
Speaker 2: Wow, now that I see that out, Wow, this is
Speaker 2: really not like.
Speaker 1: Me at all, said Levi, replaying the situation in his head.
Speaker 1: Maybe you should call Al find out why he changed
Speaker 1: his mind, said Ivy.
Speaker 2: I think it would help.
Speaker 1: Your face is still just a little red, so the
Speaker 1: mirror is letting you know that you haven't learned all
Speaker 1: you can about dealing with this emotion. Levi agreed, and
Speaker 1: he and Ivy left the treehouse to go back inside
Speaker 1: and give his friend Ali call. The phone rang only
Speaker 1: once before Al answered.
Speaker 2: Levi was surprised when you started talking to his friend,
Speaker 2: and Al seemed a little nervous. Hey, Levi, you're not
Speaker 2: calling to yell at me again, are you? Asked Al?
Speaker 1: Standing a bit unsure if you wanted to continue with
Speaker 1: the call. Oh gosh, no, exclaimed Levi. No way, not
Speaker 1: at all, the exact opposite. Actually, I'm calling to apologize
Speaker 1: for yelling at you today, but also to find out
Speaker 1: why you told me you'd vote for candy Pudding and
Speaker 1: then switched at the last minute. First, thanks for apologizing,
Speaker 1: and second, if I'm being totally honest, I only said
Speaker 1: I'd vote for candy Pudding because when you asked me,
Speaker 1: you seemed kind of mad, and I didn't want to
Speaker 1: upset you anymore, replied Al. Levi couldn't believe what he
Speaker 1: was hearing. He didn't think he seemed upset or mad
Speaker 1: to other people when he was talking to Al. He
Speaker 1: couldn't believe how his emotions could affect his interactions with
Speaker 1: other people. Until then, Levi thought his emotions really only
Speaker 1: affected him.
Speaker 2: I'm really sorry, said Levi. It's okay.
Speaker 1: I know you're sorry, and we all get mad and
Speaker 1: upset from time to time, said Al. It's just that
Speaker 1: you know how much I love s'mores, and I haven't
Speaker 1: been able to eat them all summer because of my braces. Then,
Speaker 1: I told just the other day that I was super
Speaker 1: excited to choose smores for a snack when our group
Speaker 1: got the chance because I got my braces taken off
Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon. Wow, I totally forgot about that, said Levi.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I should have just asked you why you voted for smores.
Speaker 1: Then I could have avoided being upset with you, and
Speaker 1: we could have just enjoyed our smores together. Even though
Speaker 1: they're no candy pudding, s'mores are still pretty delicious.
Speaker 2: I know, I was surprised you didn't eat one today.
Speaker 1: Said al I was just so upset because of a
Speaker 1: bunch of things that happened that week that I wasn't
Speaker 1: even hungry, not even for an oohey, gooey, chocolatey marshmallowysmore,
Speaker 1: said Levi. Weird how your emotions can change your whole day.
Speaker 1: That's why in the future, I'm going to remember a
Speaker 1: really good piece of advice I heard. You can't let
Speaker 1: your emotions control you. You have to control your emotions.
Speaker 1: Levi looked at Ivy as he said that and gave
Speaker 1: her a big smile, thanking her for the great advice.
Speaker 1: Alan Levi talked for another minute and said they would
Speaker 1: go canoeing the next day at camp and both looked
Speaker 1: forward to having a great rest of the summer together.
Speaker 1: Now that was a helpful phone call that Ivy as
Speaker 1: she held the mirror up to Levi's one last time
Speaker 1: so he could see that his face was back to
Speaker 1: its normal color. No more tomato face, No more tomato face,
Speaker 1: big o' Levi, thank you so.
Speaker 2: Much, Ivy.
Speaker 1: This mirror and your advice helped me so much to
Speaker 1: work through my emotions. Tomorrow camp will be a whole
Speaker 1: new day. I have a few other people that I
Speaker 1: have to apologize to, and then moving forward, I'll be
Speaker 1: able to use everything I learned with you to better
Speaker 1: manage my emotions when something gets me upset. That's so
Speaker 1: great to hear, Levi, said Ivy, giving her brother a hug.
Speaker 1: And the next person I'd like to apologize too, after
Speaker 1: al is dad said Levi, I wasn't acting too nice
Speaker 1: when I got home this afternoon. Let's go find him.
Speaker 1: Ivy could not have been happier. She took her mirror
Speaker 1: put it back in her room, ready to be used
Speaker 1: again if she or.
Speaker 2: Levi needed it.
Speaker 1: Levi Ivy called her dad from the kitchen, Come over here,
Speaker 1: I have a snack for you. Once they walked into
Speaker 1: the kitchen, Levi gave his dad a big hug and
Speaker 1: apologize for the way he acted.
Speaker 2: When he got home, he told.
Speaker 1: His dad what a great help Ivy was and how
Speaker 1: he talked about what madematic camp and discovered ways to
Speaker 1: deal with similar situations better in the future.
Speaker 2: Ivy really helped.
Speaker 1: Me see how important it is to communicate with others
Speaker 1: when you're upset, instead of assuming you know their situation,
Speaker 1: said Levi. She taught me how emotions can change the
Speaker 1: way you act and even affect other people. And she
Speaker 1: taught me it's okay to have a strong emotion, but
Speaker 1: we have to control them and not let them control us.
Speaker 2: That's some really good advice.
Speaker 1: Ivy said her dad, Thank you for helping Levi so much.
Speaker 1: No problem, Dad, said Ivy, giving Levi a smile.
Speaker 2: I guess you.
Speaker 1: Can say, when it comes to dealing with my emotions,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of magic. Levi told his dad how he
Speaker 1: planned to go to camp the next day and apologize
Speaker 1: to everyone he interacted with when he was upset over
Speaker 1: the last few days. I think that's a great idea,
Speaker 1: said Levi's dad, so proud of the way his son
Speaker 1: was handling the situation and taking responsibility for the way
Speaker 1: he acted. Being mad or or upset about something isn't wrong,
Speaker 1: but sometimes the way we react to those emotions can
Speaker 1: be Levi and Ivy's dad knew his kids would figure
Speaker 1: out a way to work through these emotions, so while
Speaker 1: they talked, he prepared a little something, a tasty treat
Speaker 1: to celebrate Levi getting back to his usual, happy and
Speaker 1: positive self, something he knew Levi would really appreciate.
Speaker 2: I have a surprise for you, too, said Levi and
Speaker 2: Ivy's dad.
Speaker 1: You did a lot of good work just now, and
Speaker 1: I bet you both worked up a little appetite.
Speaker 2: How about some is that candy pudding? Exclaimed Levi with
Speaker 2: a huge smile on his face.
Speaker 1: It is en joy said Levi's dad, placing a bullet
Speaker 1: putting in front of each of his kids and a
Speaker 1: few different candy toppings for them to choose from to
Speaker 1: go on top. That day, Levi learned how powerful your
Speaker 1: emotions can be how they can affect you and others
Speaker 1: around you, and how it is perfectly okay to have them,
Speaker 1: because sometimes people get mad, sometimes people get sad, but
Speaker 1: it is important that no matter what you're feeling, you
Speaker 1: try to work out those problems and learn from it.
Speaker 1: You can do this by talking with family or friends,
Speaker 1: or with the person who's involved in the situation. Communication
Speaker 1: is key, and it always helps to be honest with
Speaker 1: yourself and others.
Speaker 2: By developing strategies to.
Speaker 1: Help deal with big emotions, you can potentially turn a
Speaker 1: negative situation into a positive one. So the next day
Speaker 1: at camp, Levi played with Connor and aw and apologized
Speaker 1: to his friends who he got mad at. After the
Speaker 1: air hockey table was broken, he played baseball and volleyball.
Speaker 2: He ate snacks and canoe on the lake. He also
Speaker 2: apologized to the counselor that wrote him up for yelling
Speaker 2: at al and checked on his counselors to make sure
Speaker 2: he was okay. After his beasting that.
Speaker 1: Summer, leve I learned that he would have to deal
Speaker 1: with his big emotions all the time, and that's okay.
Speaker 1: He learned that being aware of his emotions, taking control
Speaker 1: of them, and seeing things from another's person's point of
Speaker 1: view are all very important, and he learns that apologizing
Speaker 1: when he let his emotions guide his action made him
Speaker 1: feel better because it was the right thing to do,
Speaker 1: but working through a situation that made him mad before
Speaker 1: he did something he had to apologize for now.
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