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| From lds.org - A Summer with Great Aunt Rose |
We won't have class this Friday, but your papers will be due that day. I will send feedback by the following Tuesday and you will be asked to comment on each others' papers by the following Friday the 30th - when we are meeting.)
1. Review this semester's readings and write a happiness plan:
For our final writing of the semester, we will be making a personal happiness plan. You can use your process paper and adapt it to yourself if you would like. Here is an example of what I mean: My Steps to Happiness. This final writing will need to include at least:
- One quote from Plutarch
- One quote from Plato OR Tolstoy
- One quote from Stevenson
- One scripture
- One quote from Maxwell, or another church leader
- What holds you back, personally, and what you plan to do about it.
2. Watch or read: A Summer with Great-Aunt Rose by Elder Uchtdorf. I am asking you to watch this, not only because of the happiness principles through the talk, but because I want you to pay attention to his method. Notice how he uses art and story to relay his message. Notice what that does for us as the hearers. You will be sharing happiness principles on the 6th in a creative way as well. People are becoming increasingly visual and guided by what "feels right and beautiful" in our culture, so it is important that we learn to share truth in a way that they can "see" through vivid stories, art, music, symbols, visual aids, etc.
3. Email me any ideas you have about what you would like to do for your presentation on November 6th:
For your presentations, I will ask you to share do two things: First, present your happiness plan in some way (speech, Prezi, song, poem, Powerpoint, skit, video, poster, craft, etc). Second, share something your are currently working on that gives you joy and share why it gives you joy (it could be a talent, or a weakness you are trying to improve).
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