ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
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CLUTCHING AND UN-CLUTCHING WORRIES
MATERIALS NEEDED: Snap toys (some toy that connects.)
PREPARATION: Gather the children in a circle and have the snap toys ready
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
Worry is a funny thing, it definitely keeps us busy, but to what end? Its only mental stress and we add more and more tension to us and others.
But isn't it strange that one person's worry is another person's reason for happiness? Example: One person may say, “Oh I am so worried about my pet dog as it is always causing trouble and keeping me busy." But another person may say “I wish I had a dog to have fun with and keep me busy!" We worry unnecessarily! We always think about the negative instead of the positive!
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
CLUTCHiNG AND UN-CLUTCHiNG WORRiES
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:
And we clutch our worries together, like in a chain that pulls us down. We have 2 categories, what we feel is good, and what we feel is bad. But what one person thinks is bad; another considers it to be good! Like different tastes and preferences, what we consider to be correct or not. One may enjoy the taste of something, where as others think the same item to be disgusting!
This is an activity to show the importance of seeing everything fresh. And being open instead of relating everything to what we think and our past conceptions. Not judging but being open.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
CLUTCHING AND UN-CLUTCHING WORRIES
PROCEDURE:
Take the snap toys, and have everyone snap their "good thoughts" together in one colour and their "bad thoughts" together on another. Discuss how different everyone is, but that if we un- clutch our worries and take each thought as they come, we can eliminate the inner chatter in our minds and instead of clutching all of our thoughts together and giving ourselves a lot of headache, we can first un-clutch our thoughts, one at a time, and then take each thought as it comes. Live in the present!
Have each child "un-clutch their worries" one item at a time, and then strive to live in the present, taking each thought as it comes. The past is history, The future is a mystery. But today is a gift; That is why it is called "present".
