Give each student a puzzle piece to decorate… keeping the edges intact so it can be re-assembled. Use for a lesson in tolerance… how each individual piece is beautiful on its own. But what a masterpiece you get when you put them all together!
Oops, I Craft My Pants: 1st Altered Puzzle.
It is vital, when educating our children’s brains, that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.
~ Dalai Lama
Something to think about…
We can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No circumstance we find ourselves in is detrimental to our progress. No relationship with someone at work or at home is superfluous to our development. Teachers are everywhere. And as we become ready for a new lesson, one will appear.
We can marvel at the wonder of our lives today. We can reflect on our yesterdays and be grateful for the lessons they taught. We can look with hopeful anticipation at the days ahead — gifts, all of them. We are on a special journey, serving a special purpose, uniquely our own. No barrier, no difficult person, no tumultuous time is designed to interrupt our progress. All experiences are simply to teach us what we have yet to learn.
Trusting in the goodness of all people, all situations, all paths to progress will release whatever our fears, freeing us to go forth with a quicker step and an assurance that eases all moments.
Try to recognize the teachers in our lives. They help us clear away the baggage of the past and free us to accept and trust the will of God, made known to us by the teachers as they appear.
I am a student of life. I can learn only if I open my mind to my teachers.
Source (modified): Each Day a New Beginning | Hazelden Meditations
© 2012 Janet S. Dickens
