'Olivia's Jar of Pickled Inspiration'

'Olivia's Jar of Pickled Inspiration'

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

Jar of Pickled Inspiration Quotes

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Some may even be repeated or similar to others. 

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• Laugh and smile a lot! It will keep you well.

• Believe in yourself and pursue your dreams.

• Life is an adventure! Explore and enjoy!

• No matter how tough things get … never give up!

• Don’t try to be beautiful. Just be real … and that is already beautiful enough.

• If you continue to focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.

• Never put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.

• I am committed to being a happy, healthy, friendly, beautiful, positive, thoughtful, kind person.

• I am a unique and very valuable person.

• I choose to try my best in everything I do and say.

• I am thoughtful of others, even though they may not be of me.

• I am an individual with a unique personality.

• I am an individual with my own unique gifts and abilities.

• I am my own person. I do not have to be like anyone else … and I will not expect that they be like me.

• I respect myself, and I understand that other people are different to me.

• I love myself – with no ‘buts’. I love myself – just as I am.

• “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” (Dr. Seuss)

• I am growing in my confidence more and more every day.

• What I say about myself matters.  What others say about me doesn’t matter as much.

• “You can stay in your corner waiting for others to come to you. But sometimes you have to go to them.” – Piglet

• I am willing to learn something new every day.

• I am a beautiful person, on the inside and on the outside.

• Today is the first day of the rest of my life … and I plan to enjoy it.

• No job will be too hard if I can simply divide it into small tasks.

• I need to listen to my inner dreams & ambitions - those are the sounds that no one else can hear.

• The person who makes no mistakes is the one who never does anything. It is OK if I make mistakes - at least I am doing something!

• No one knows what they can do until they try. I will be a try-er!

• I will be glad of life because it gives me the chance to love, to work and to play, to look up at the stars and dream big.

• I will give the world (others) the best that I have, even if I get nothing back in return – except the satisfaction of having given my best.

• The time is always right to do what is right.

• Everyone has in them something precious that is found in no one else – that includes me!

• It is not who is right, but what is right that matters most.

• Today I choose to be: happy, friendly and kind.

• I refuse to let anything or anyone steal my joy and peace.

• The only person I can change is me … and I choose to be open to making a positive change.

• I refuse to let the fear of striking out get in my way or stop me from trying.

• "No one knows what they can do until they try."

• "The only person who makes no mistakes is the one who never does anything." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

• "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." Babe Ruth

• "Listen to your dreams - those are the sounds no-one else can hear." (Kobi Yamada)

• "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, & to work, & to play, & to look up at the stars." (Henry Van Dyke)

• The big picture of who I am ― and will be is like this:

       o   The person I am today is a result of the          choices I made yesterday.

o   The person I will be tomorrow will be affected by the choices I made yesterday and will make today.

  o   The person I become in the future will be a result of the choices I made yesterday, make today and will make tomorrow.

• If I find I am on a road to nowhere, I will find another road.

• I am willing to learn something new every day.

• I am a beautiful person, on the inside & on the outside.

• When I need a break to re-energize myself, I will take it and not feel guilty.

• "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." (American Proverb)

• "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." (Henry Ford)

• "If you are on a road to nowhere, find another road." (Ashanti Proverb)

• "Give the world the best that you have, & the best will come back to you." (Madeline Bridges)

• "The time is always right to do what is right." (Martin Luther King)

• "Everyone has in them something precious that is in no one else." (Martin Buber)

Feel free suggest other inspirational quotes that you may come up with so that I can add them to the list. Use the comment box and please include your name so that I can acknowledge the source.

CIRCLE TIME QUESTIONS FOR Olivia's Jar of Inspiration

CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITIES ...

CSI — SILENT STATEMENTS

“CHANGE SEATS IF … “

·      you enjoyed the story

·      if you have ever held a stick insect

·      you think the story could happen in Australia

·      the story is just about hot chocolate

·      you have ever tasted home-made pickles or jam

·      you think Olivia did the right thing in talking to her Marmar

·      you think you have ever felt like Olivia

·      you thought Marmar should have asked more questions about Olivia’s problem

·      you think you know what Olivia’s problem was about

·      you think that Olivia’s Marmar is the hero in the story

·      you know why Marmar’s project was unfinished

·      you think you understand what mirror-talk is about 

·      you know a person just like Olivia

·      you would change something about the story

OPEN-ENDED STATEMENTS

·      The best thing about the story was…

·      The story made me feel…

·      The character I liked best was…

·      I think the story is about…

·      The hero of the story was…

·      The character in the story most like me was…

·      If I were Olivia, I think that I would have…

·      I think the most important part of the story was…

·      What puzzled me about the story was…

·      Something I would like to change in the story is…

·      I think that the main message in the story is…

·      If I were Olivia’s Marmar I would…

·      If I were one of Olivia’s friends I would …

·      I think the link between Olivia’s sadness and the picture she had of herself was…

·      In this story another word for inspiration could be…

·      Something sweeter than chocolate and honey is…

·      When Marmar said ‘sickly-sweet’ I think she meant…

OPEN-ENDED JUSTIFIABLE STATEMENTS

Any of the above open-ended statements can be used with ‘because’ added on the end as well as:

·      The story was interesting because…

·      The character in the story I liked the most was… because…

·      I think Olivia’s problem was… because…

·      I think that ……… is the hero in the story because…

·      The link between Jessica’s sadness and the picture she had of herself was… because…

·      I think Olivia’s Marmar chose to use scrolls because…

·      Instead of scrolls I think I would have used…because…

·      I think Marmar got in ‘such a mess’ because…

·      I think it took a couple of weeks before Olivia began to feel different because…

·      When I heard that Marmar’s project was unfinished I thought… because…

·      When I heard ‘Pickled Inspiration’, I thought… because…

·      I think that Olivia’s favourite scroll was… because…

·      When Olivia’s mum cried I was… because…

PAIR SHARE (with the person next to you in the circle):

·      What was the best part of the story? Why?

·      What was Olivia’s problem? Why?

·      Who was your favourite character in the story? Why?

·      What was the turning point in this story? Why?

·      Were there any issues of right and wrong within this story? If so what were they?

·      Why do you think that Marmar focused on self-talk rather than on Olivia’s sadness?

·      Why do you think it took a couple of weeks before Olivia began to feel different?

OPEN GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS...

 for older students.

Reminder: This is also an opportunity for the teacher / facilitator to come back to any observations during the previous CIRCLE TIME activities and open them up for discussion.

·      Are there any deeper issues of concern about Olivia’s sadness which suggest she perhaps should speak to a trained counselor or psychologist? If so, what might they be?

·      What other responsibilities might Olivia’s Marmar have had?

·      Why do you think that the last piece of inspiration was not written on a scroll?

·      What responsibility might Olivia’s friends or teachers have?

·      What issues of self-harm might arise from this story?

·      What does this story say about our thoughts, words and feelings?

·      Look up the extensive list of Inspirations on this blog and discuss.

·      What is a catastrophe? What is a catastrophiser? Draw up a class CATASTROPHE SCALE.

·      What is the difference between a tradition and a legacy? Which Which is more relevant to this story?

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