Thank you for being such a great group to take cross-country skiing. I was impressed with your perseverance and desire to help one another. We were skiing for 4 1/2 hours (not counting driving time!) I hope you all had a good time and learned some things about yourself and how you play the "game of life." Thanks for always being respectful of me and my ideas and trying to discuss while staying balanced on cross-country skis. I heard bits and pieces of your discussions and I loved what you had to say and how you think.We missed those of you who couldn't come :(
It looked like some of you were behind on our assignments so this is sort of a catch up week. There are a couple of new things so all of you will have some work to do, but those who are caught up will not have very much to do this week. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE COMMENTED BELOW ON #5 and #6 BY THURSDAY.... please - it is so much easier to plan class (and so much more pertinent to you) when I know what is on your mind by your questions, applications and quotes.
- Finish The Great Divorce if you did not finish it. We will be finishing the discussion this week (it was hard to discuss while skiing ;-) )
- Write a paper on whole-hearteness or perfectionism (or a contrast paper contrasting the two - or some other theme that has emerged from our studies that you would like to look into more). Or find another way to present what you have learned about these attributes. (If you already sent me your paper, or if you presented something, you do not have to do it again unless you want to... that would be Miles, Gracious, Nathan, Megan, William... I'm guessing most of the rest of you wrote but forgot to send it).
- Finish Part 1 of On Writing Well
- Read Guidepost 5 if you didn't last week and write your gratitude goal - or how you're doing with or if you're modifying it this week it if you already wrote it - on the collaborative group or on the comments below.
- WRITE A DISCUSSION QUESTION, FAVORITE QUOTE AND APPLICATION IN THE COMMENTS BELOW (unless you're Aaron because he is the only one who did it last week).
- Sign up to help with something below for our family presentation night. We can have several people sign up for each if they want to collaborate - they can write their own ideas and then see which they like best or find a way to put them together. Write your choice in the comments below. You can work on more than one if you'd like. We will start collaborating on these this week in class so come prepared with written ideas.
- Write a new rendition AND/OR a way to present Precious Savior Dear Redeemer to the families.
- Think of a way to present the poem in a creative way to families
- Think of a way to present the scripture in a creative way to families
- Write or direct a skit about the theme of the sememster (whole-heartedness).
- Write a script for a short video (documentary, music video, play, interviews, etc...) about "creating a peer inspiring environment" to present to families and possibly put on youtube for others.
- Create a different project to collaborate with others on to present to families
Quote: "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." ~ Marianne Williamson, quoted in The Gifts of Imperfection Guidepost #4
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1: We all know gratitude is good... But do you think that asking for things is also needed - or can we go through life just being grateful? Why or why not? If so - how?
Application/2nd Question: I went this week (almost) saying only gratitude prayers (I messed up once ;p). It was a super lovely experience, and I think it really helped me to grow closer to Heavenly Father. But I noticed that I had a super difficult time coming up with enough things to be grateful for - which is crazily ridiculous because there is SO much! How do we get to the point where we have a hard time coming up with things to be grateful for? How do we pull ourselves out of this habit? I also noticed this week that whenever I ask for something I feel guilty now since I've been getting into the habit of saying thank you. Hence the first question! ;)
BTW, sorry - that was more than 2 questions!! ;p
For the family presentation night, I kinda want to see if I can help write a rendition of 'Precious Savior, Dear Redeemer'... but I'm not a very experienced composer! ;) Otherwise, I can write a script for something! I'd rather not direct anything. ;p
I don't have a quote yet, but this is what I do have:
ReplyDeleteGoal: To start my prayers by saying 5 things that I am truly grateful for.
Question: How is being wholehearted different from the "I am fine with where I am now" attitude?
For the family presentation night I would like to be involved in creating and acting out a skit about wholeness.
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
ReplyDelete― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
Question: Is perfection a good thing?
For the family presentation night I would like to help with writing a new rendition AND/OR a way to present Precious Savior Dear Redeemer to the families. I also could start thinking of a way to present the poem in a creative way to families but I don't have any ideas for that right now. ;)