Gratitude - Collection_English

EVERYTHING IS A GIFT

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V O L U M E 1

THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

A portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam with the text 'EVERYTHING IS A GIFT' in a turquoise speech bubble.

GOALS

Make the children
understand about the
common perception of
death

Gratitude is our response to
recognizing the abundance of
existence. When we recognize that
we are lovingly taken care of by
existence every minute, we are
overcome with gratitude. If you ever
feel that there is something missing
in life, it is because you feel less
gratitude. Gratitude should become
the very breath of a person. Gratitude
is an energy that harmonizes you
with the energy of the universe and
brings back tremendous prosperity to
you.

A portrait of a youthful deity with sacred ash on his forehead

So most of us live either in denial of death or in fear of it. We think, 'why should we think about it now? We will handle it when it arrives.' Some how we always want to escape from death, Our concern for unfulfillment is rooted in our fear of death. When you feel gratitude towards everything, it means you feel fulfilled, you feel blissful. So when you radiate gratitude, your energy of fulfillment attracts fulfillment back to you in the form of material gains, good relationships, good health and so on.

Gratitude makes you resonate with existence and transforms you into a beautiful human being. It increases the level of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy. It increases the level of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy. Gratitude encourages a positive cycle when one act of gratitude encourages another.

Real gratitude can never have a reason. It happens as a causeless overflowing within you. This life itself is a gift that we have received.

Just for being, we should feel grateful. We ask for something or the other continuously in our minds. We have always been taught to thank only for what we receive that's all, we have been taught gratitude as social etiquette nothing more than that. We are only aware of the people who are directly responsible for providing and caring for us.

We always think, that whatever was given to us was either because we deserved it or because it was an accident. When you live with overwhelming gratitude in you, you have found a space where in nothing else is needed.

ASSESSMENTS

What is gratitude?

When do we feel something is missing in our life?

Name the energy that would transform you into a beautiful human being.

Does real gratitude have a reason?

When can we easily connect to nature?

Do you think life is a gift?

Does a flower bloom for a reason?

EVALUATION

Evaluate how well they
understood the topic by
asking them multiple
questions.

CONCLUSION

Gratitude is the energy that
makes your life intense and
exciting every moment.

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY:

DRAW COUNTRY & FAMILY

MATERIALS NEEDED

Paper

Pen or Sketch pen or Pencil

PROCEDURE

Encourage each child to draw a picture of their country. Ask them to depict their family in a pictorial format. Ask them to talk about how they feel grateful towards their country and family. In which way do they show their gratitude towards their country and family?

INFERENCE

We must have real gratitude towards our country and family. When we take relationships for granted then we miss gratitude. For example when we think my mother takes care of me because I am her child, then we will not have gratitude towards our mother. We have to think what we have done for our country rather than thinking what our country has done for us.

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

CHANGE PAINTING

Make a list of the people who help in your day to day activities. Go out of your way, and say 'Thank You to them at least once.

Illustration of a scroll and a container of sticks

EVERYTHING IS A GIFT

GOALS

To make the children
realize the fact that
everything is a gift and
that we have to show
gratitude towards our
body.

Receive every small thing in life as a
gift, for example: When you take
your plate to eat, see the plate as a
gift. We never see things as gifts.
Everything is taken for granted. We
only look at those who have a
diamond ring on their finger. We
never look at those who don't have
fingers that is the problem, which is
why we don't feel anything in our life
is a gift.

When we start feeling grateful for small things, our whole sensitivity will increase. We will become more refined. Our whole attitude towards life will move to a different plane. Remember the person who is not thankful for small things will never be thankful for big things either. Even big things, will be taken for granted.

Currently, we feel we have a right to everything that we receive because of this attitude, we miss seeing the benevolence of existence.

We remain insensitive to the gifts showered upon us by existence. If we sensitized ourselves with gratitude, we would never take anything for granted. When sensitivity happens, every moment passes in deep awe of the happenings in existence. When we take things for granted our mind will have a dead pat tern that is constantly repeating “what next'. When we are able to look at things with wonder filled attitudes, we will be full of gratitude and fulfillment.

ASSESSMENTS

How do we receive every small thing in life?

When will our sensitivity increase?

What happens when a person is not thankful for small things?

Name a few people and a few things that you are grateful for?

When do we get 'what next' attitude?

What were the gifts you received in your life?

EVALUATION

Evaluate their language skills
by asking them to share their
experiences.

CONCLUSION

When we have gratitude
in our inner space, our
inner space expands like a
galaxy

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY:

ROCK PAINTING

MATERIALS NEEDED

Rock

Poster colours

Painting brush

PROCEDURE

Give each child a rock and encourage them to color the rock beautifully using different poster colors. They can appreciate the beauty of the cosmos and express their gratitude towards the cosmos and elements of cosmos.

INFERENCE

Everything is beautiful. Even the simplest thing becomes valuable when we have gratitude. Even the most precious things become simple when we miss gratitude.

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

ASK THE PEOPLE

Try to take the students to visually challenged and auditory challenged (differently able) School in your neighborhood and ask the children to come back to class and put down their thoughts.

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY

WORKSHOP WEAKNESS & STRENGTH

TOPIC OF DISCUSSION Write a letter to your friend who you hate very much Write good points about them and give it to them.

EXPLANATION Encourage each child to write a letter to their friend or any other person whom they hate a lot. They have to write only good points about them. Encourage each child to give the letter to whomever they wrote.

INFERENCE: This work shop enables them to understand there is always good in bad and bad in good. There is always strength in weakness and weakness in strength. Have gratitude towards everything.

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