| Contributed by: Leslie klhlott@montana.comI taught the Optimism lesson in YW a couple of weeks ago.
When the girls came in, I had black trash bags taped all over the walls & windows. I
had asked one of the YW (who is usually very outgoing) ahead of time to act depressed
& quiet & to not volunteer or say yes to anyone. I also wore black that day.
Underneath the trash bags, I had taped up clip art that I had cut out of butterflies,
stars, sun, ladybugs, dragonflies, hearts, anything bright & beautiful. When the girls
came in, they were very quiet & kept asking what was going on. It definitely changed
the atmosphere. After opening exercises, I asked girls to come rip off the black trash
bags, told them about my quiet YW, & let them take in the new atmosphere. They really
got the point!,
Contributed by: Ann in Utah Smilnthru@AOL.COM
Our YW President taught this. I loved the way
she started it out. She darkened the room by shutting off the lights and the windows were
semi-covered with black paper. Then she and another leader sat up front and had an
impromptu discussion (in the grey/dark room) about various things in their lives - mostly
Thanksgiving and how hard the meal was to prepare - how guests didn't appreciate their
hard work, etc.... When they were through, she talked to the girls about how depressing
that conversation was. How most people would want to get away from someone who was so
pessimistic and made life dark and unappealing and unhappy. The rest of the lesson pretty
much followed the manual. It was a great lesson.
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