First, I want to remind all of you Sisters about our first All-Sisterhood Luncheon on December 18th. It will take all of 4th period (10:48-12:14)and will be in Ms. Kiemle's room, B22. Please bring a yummy dish to share. And please remember to turn in your permission slip to Ms. Elliot by December 14. If you need a permission slip for you or a friend, they are available in the Counseling Center lobby. We are so excited about this opportunity to unite both Sisterhoods! Yaaaay!
Today, the B Lunch Sisters talked a little more about places of comfort. One Sister brought up that she wished more people had said Pine Lake was a place of comfort for them; school should be a place where people feel comfortable and safe. Since we didn't actually ask last week if PLMS was a place of comfort for you, I asked today. The B Lunch Sisters said:
* School is a home base for me.
* I feel really safe here.
* After a field trip to Seattle yesterday, I thought, 'I'm home' when we got back to Pine Lake.
* Sometimes I get sick of it, since I've been here for 3 years, but some things are fun, like Thursdays, because of the Sisterhood and other fun stuff that happens. Also, sometimes people are mean, which isn't comforting.
* I like it when teachers decorate their classrooms; it feels more homey.
A teacher Sister commented that when you choose to participate in something, like The Sisterhood, drama club, jazz band, sports, etc., you automatically have something in common with everyone else there. Since you all want to be there, it's easier to make connections with others. So, maybe within your school, you need to create little corners of comfort throughout your day by the activities you choose to participate in. Doing this can help make you happier here. And speaking of happiness...
Our activity today centered around identifying what makes us happy. We gave the Sisters 3x5 notecards and had them write down what makes them happy--quickly, without really thinking too much. We gave them 3 minutes to make their happiness list. In discussing our lists, we learned that most of the things on everyone's list didn't cost any money.
Is it ironic that sometimes we think that certain things will make us happy like a particular brand of clothes, the latest cell phone, a fancy car and a big house (someday), but that real happiness is found in the simple things? Please comment.
One Sister said that it's not so much the stuff (like clothes, for instance) that makes her happy, it's the confidence she gets from looking her best. Another Sister said that you might want something, but even more you want what comes with having it, like acceptance from others or self-confidence. What do you think?
At the end of both Sisterhoods, we went around and each Sister read an item from her happiness list. Here is a sampling of what was said:
* my family
* music
* playing the cello
* making jewelry
* noodles
* Christmas
* nailing something!
* being active
* sleeping
* climbing trees
* my kids (teacher Sister)
* my bedroom
* mu grandma's house
* being an aunt
* cookies
* conversation with a friend
* being independent
* watching snow fall
* watching my boys sleep (teacher Sister)
* candy
* my little brother
* smiling faces
* dancing
* my dog
* feeling loved and included
* contagious laughter
* musicals
* time to myself
Keep your happiness list in a safe place and look at it every once in a while. It's so easy to get caught up in the craziness of daily life, that sometimes we lose sight of what truly pleases us. It's important to make sure you take the time to enjoy the things that make you happy. As a wise teacher Sister said during A Lunch, caring for yourself makes you happy which in turn makes you more likely to want to reach out and help others.
Isn't that what being a Sister is all about?
4 comments:
I think when people want a cell phone, for example, they might want it to show of or impress their friends. Some people want it for the sake of being for connected with friends and family, which is true happiness. :) So there are 2 sides of every want. So I thought it was like a debate we had in LA/SS. Does happiness come from the inside, or out? I thought form the inside. What do you think?
I think happiness can come both from the inside and outside...For example, it's hard to be happy when something really bad happens, and sometimes that makes you mad or sad or whatever. But still, it's possible to be happy if you have something left, like family and friends, or a hobby, because then you can have hope. Also, it's hard not to feel happy when you're surrounded by good things and a comfortable ambience. (We had a debate like that in my LASS class, too.)
We had that debate too. I think it's both. Outside because you have to be loved to truly be happy, I think.
Inside becuase you have to know you are loved and love as well.
Taking and Giving.
Anyway, kinda of topic, but here is a poem I wrote last year about friendship. It sucks, but I don't care.
True friends are gold in a world of silver
Silver is common, but gold is rare
Gold is precious
Silver is a fool's gold
True friends are like diamonds surrounded by rocks
Rocks, easy to find, easy to break
Diamonds, hard to find, impossible to break
True friendships, like diamonds
Wow! That poem does NOT suck. It is deep and has a good rythem. Friends and family make me very happy.
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