ACTIVITY OF THE DAY WORRY JAR🔗

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Pieces of paper
• Pencils

• Container or Jar

PREPARATION:

Have enough pencils and small pieces of paper for everyone. Make a label "WORRY-JAR" for the Jar and stick it on. PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:

Talk about how we are always carrying around our worries and it blocks up the path to happiness. How can we be in bliss if we are thinking like "Oh I'm so blissful! But Tommy really made me angry yesterday by calling me names!" We are constantly thinking about the past or the future, but what about now? Let's focus on what we are doing today and leave the past behind and we'll cross the bridge of the future when we get there.

Show the worry jar and give each person a paper and pencil. Ask them to write something that is bothering them right now. Ask them if it is a real worry or something that is not worth worrying about. If it is not worth worrying about, write it down and drop it in the worry-jar and don't worry about it again!