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Cut Your Problem in Half
Do Your Words Have Weights or Wings?
Think About What You Want, Not What You Don't Want

Cut Your Problem In Half:

pix of cutting potato Materials:
A potato or lump of clay, a small cutting board, and a knife
Lesson:
Welcoming problems (or responsibilities, chores etc.) without resentment cuts the problem in half. Explain that "life is a schoolhouse filled with wonderful lessons to be learned from the problems we encounter. Our attitudes toward these problems are part of the lesson and can make learning fun, or not fun."
Continue with "the potato (or clay) represents a problem you have. I know a way to make the problem smaller, cut it down to half it's size." Ask the children, "Can you think of some ways to do that?" After they have discussed their ideas continue with "one way is to cut out, or remove the resentment from it." Cut and remove half the object and lable it "resentment." "When we let go of those feelings of annoyance, the problem gets smaller and we free our energy to look for solutions."
"Learn to welcome your problems as interesting challenges, as opportunities for learning, as simply the lessons that life is giving you."
Suggested Affirmation:
I accept my problems (or responsibilities, chores etc.) as exciting challenges and release resentful feelings.

Copyright © 1995 Excerpt from the book "Nurturing Spirituality in Children:Simple Hands-On Activities" published by Beyond Words Publishing-Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 Click to learn more about this book or order it online. Customers who bought this book have also bought:

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Do Your Words Have Weights or Wings?

tent cards with words Materials:
Two pieces of paper or cardboard folded in half to make stand-up signs. Sketch a weight (such as an anchor) on one and wings on the other. Provide single words cut from newspapers or magazines.
Lesson:
Most people would agree that our words can lift people up or weigh them down. The same is true of our thoughts because words are just symbols of our thoughts. Look through the pile of words you've cut out. Discuss each one and place the word with the sign you've agreed best applies. This lesson focuses on the effect that words and thoughts have on others. Make sure that the children understand that their words also have a powerful effect on themselves. If they are being critical of themselves, or speaking of lack or limitation, then they are creating darkness instead of light in their minds. Self criticism can hurt more than criticism from others. End with the participants speaking to each other using only words with wings-words that uplift!
Suggested Affirmation:
"My words have wings, they uplift me and others"

Think About What You Want, Not What You Don't Want

pix of cutting potato

Materials: Two glasses two-thirds full with caked-on dirt, a spoon, and a sink with running water.
Lesson: Explain "we are the glass and the dirt represents a negative condition or a problem in our lives. We can clear away the problem by scraping it away, which is what we do when we concentrate on the problem by trying to solve it." Show the glass still isn't very clean. Continue with "an easier way is to place the glass under running water for a few miutes. When we put our full attention on the desired result rather than the means of getting the result, the problem is washed away with out struggle. We can focus positive attention on the desired outcome through affirmations and visualizations. If we need to act, we will receive guidance from our own Inner teacher."

While washing one of the glasses, discuss a problem the children are familiar with. Ask them for mental pictures and affirmation suggestions they could use to wash away the problem. In reverse show how a clean glass of water (of positive thoughts) gets cloudy when even a small amount of dirt (negative thought) is introduced.
Suggested Affirmation:How we flow our energy determines our life experiences. I flow my energy toward what I want, not what I don't want.

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