Tuesday, March 19, 2024

CELEBRATIONS

 


A student once asked during a unit of inquiry on celebrations, “Why do we only celebrate on certain days of the year? Every day should be a celebration.” Of course the whole class agreed. And before I could smile and nod my head patiently, the children had decided that we would find something to celebrate every day of the year. I had thought that finding 365 things to celebrate would be a challenge. Not for Grade 2!

And that was how we ended up with’Smile Day,’ ‘Dance Day’ and ‘Wear something blue day,’ to name a few.

Children have it right. Every day should be a celebration. And it’s true, some days, when the weather is miserable outside, just getting out of bed is cause to celebrate. 


Finding things to celebrate each day helps to give you a positive mindset. You can only achieve great things when you have a positive mindset and see possibilities rather than just the problems.

When things go wrong, as they do, you celebrate how you got through it and lived to tell the tale. Call it Creative Thinking Day!


Don’t go to sleep at night without celebrating something you achieved that day, however small. Everything is worthy of celebrating. Even if absolutely everything went wrong that day and you had a day from hell. Find something to celebrate. Going to sleep with that positive celebratory thought in your head, will give you a better night’s sleep and ensure that you wake up in the morning in good spirits, feeling positive.


What will you choose to celebrate? I wonder.


Cindy Vine is the author of fiction books available on Amazon as ebooks and paperbacks. Subscribe to Cindy Vine Portugal on YouTube to follow her journey of creating an off=grid homestead.