ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
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ACTIVITY OF THE DAY: YES!
MATERIALS NEEDED
Have a set of questions ready (you can make up or add your own to the following list):
- Can you clean-up after yourself in the kitchen?
- Can you help your brother finish his homework?
- Can you wash the dishes after dinner?
- Can you go help your grandmother?
- Can you tell your friend to call me?
- Did you enjoy your day?
- Did you enrich other peoples' lives today?
- Would you like to come to a meditation session with me?
- Are you feeling confident and optimistic?
- Can you stay a little bit longer?
- Are you able to come outside to help me clean the backyard?
- Are you feeling complete?
- Did you have an enjoyable experience?
- Can you spend more time with your little sister?
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ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
YES!
PROCEDURE:
1. Read each question out loud and tell the children to answer with a strong “NO”
2. At the end, ask the children to write down how they are feeling physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.
3. For the second round, read each question out loud and tell the children to answer “ok but ...(they can complete the sentence with something they want in return).
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
YES!
PROCEDURE:
4. At the end, ask the children to write down how they are feeling physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.
5. For the third round, ask the same question but this time tell the children to answer with a joyful and vibrant "YES" without asking anything in return (giving out of total completion, pleasure and with no expectation).
6. At the end, ask the children to write down how they are feeling physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.
7. Discuss how saying "YES" to life/giving with total completion, pleasure and without expectation creates an abundant mental set-up and expands our consciousness.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY: YES!
INFERENCE:
An enriching sacrifice must hurt to be genuine. It must cause you
discomfort and yet be given with total completion, pleasure and without
expectations. That is the spirit of genuine surrender. That is the spirit
ofdoing things without expectation of the fruits of action.
