Optimism
This handout was submitted by Lindsay S. to accompany lessons on optimism. Color, 2 per page
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If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain
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!
Strength in Your Thoughts
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…
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Optimism versus Pessimism
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…
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Everything red
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…
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Life is a Journey- Not an Obstacle!
This lesson is different than any ‘obstacle course’ object lesson, but it has a great point. Often times in life, we place obstacles in our way that really don’t need to be there. Such obstacles include our own weaknesses, sins, pride, grudges, drama, stress, envy- you name it! Other ‘obstacles’ might really not be obstacles at all, but we might choose to make them that way such as daily scripture…
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A Pebble in your shoe
As our YW come in the room, I put a pebble in their shoe and a DumDum in their mouth and ask them to walk around the room before sitting down. After they are all seated, I ask them to tell me about their walk. Everyone of them said that the pebble hurt their foot, not ONE of them mentioned how sweet the DumDum is.