Handout Jan 25 2013

Helen Keller's Door of Happiness

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 9:18pm

This hand out has the quote from Helen Keller: "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." Avaliable in PDF and GIF

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Handout Dec 31 2012

Optimism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 4:05pm

This handout was submitted by Lindsay S. to accompany lessons on optimism.

Color, 2 per page

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Handout Dec 31 2012

If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 3:43pm

I found this quote in the February 2010 Reader's Digest p. 187 by Dolly Parton. It reads: "The way I see it, if you want a rainbow you have to put up with the rain."

Great message for adults and youth!

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Object Lesson Oct 23 2010

Strength in Your Thoughts

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:56am

Have the student stand up with one of their arms outstretched straight to the side. Tell them that you are going to apply pressure on their hand and try and push it down. Their job is to keep their arm up in the horizontal position. Ask the student to think about something horrible that has happened to them. When they have said they have thought of something, give them the instruction to "think, think, think about it" as they are doing that apply the pressure. Their arm will easily go down.

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Object Lesson Jan 24 2010

His Image in Your Countenance

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 3:03pm

Take a picture of someone in the group with a digital camera, or bring a photo of someone most everyone will recognize like the prophet, a national leader, or your Bishop/Branch President.

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Object Lesson Aug 16 2008

Optimism versus Pessimism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 1:00am

One's attitude regarding circumstances and people depends upon their attitude and what they are looking for...positive things or negative things,

A woman with a beautiful rose garden has two neighbors...one an optimist and the other a pessimist.

She invites the optimist over to have cookies..the optimist looks out her large window and states: "what a beautiful rose garden you have", eats some cookies then leaves.

The neighbor then invites the pessimist over....She looks out the window and states,"your window certainly is dirty!"

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Object Lesson Jun 01 2008

Everything red

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 1:00am

Focusing on the negative keeps us from being grateful about the positiveAfter everyone in the room has had a sufficient time period to look for everything in the room that is red, ask them to close their eyes. Then ask them to keep their eyes closed and tell them they can raise their hand if they can name the yellow items in the room.

Most will not be able to name anything unless they are wearing the color themselves. Of course any color can be used.

Does that mean that the color did not exist when they were looking around? Of course not.

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Object Lesson Dec 17 2007