Express your love and gratitude
However cheesy the story below is, it has a point. A very useful point, especially for anybody creating activities for groups of people. I still have my list and will always remember the warm feeling of happyness and love – not only when reading others words about me, but when expressing my love and gratitude for others, knowing it would bring a smile on their face and love in their heart. Thank you CISV! The assignment One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to...
Read MoreI do not want to die with regrets in my mind
Why is it that the older we get, the less willing we are to take chances? As we get older we get comfortable. We get used to things and see no point in trying to change the world. “My world is fine and that’s the world I live in, so why should I care about kids starving in Africa?” Ever heard about the butterfly effect..? When we are kids or teenagers nothing can stop us. We will change this and achieve that…and save the world while we’re at it. The only thing stopping us, if we choose to, is the “old generation”, the people telling us to grow up, get a life. The people that has...
Read MoreBe A Kid Again
Do a cartwheel. Sing into your hairbrush. Walk barefoot in wet grass. Play a song you like really loud, over and over. Dot all your “i”s with smiley faces. Read the funnies. Throw the rest of the paper away. Dunk your cookies. Play a game where you make up the rules as you go along. Step carefully over sidewalk cracks. Change into some play clothes. Try to get someone to trade you a better sandwich. Eat ice cream for breakfast. Kiss a frog, just in case. Blow the wrapper off a straw. Have someone read you a story. Find some pretty stones and save them. Wear your favorite shirt with you...
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