Emotional Support Activities Week 10
GIG of the Day
Greetings
Use the Conversation Starter of the Day to ignite a positive discussion.
Monday
Would you rather never eat ice cream again or eat ice cream after every meal including breakfast?
Tuesday
If you were captain of a cruise ship, where would you go?
Wednesday
What was your favorite bedtime story as a child?
Thursday
Do you believe in ghosts?
Friday
What is the best age to be considered an adult?
Saturday
What’s your favorite Chinese dish?
Sunday
What’s the best store ever opened?
Inspiration
Discuss the Inspiration Moment of the Day to inspire feelings of positivity.
Monday
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. – Anne Lamott
Tuesday
Make today so awesome yesterday gets jealous! – unknown
Wednesday
A coincidence may be God’s way of acting anonymously in your life. – anonymous
Thursday
You are loved whether you know it or not. – unknown
Friday
Hope is a blossom that pokes through the snow, while spring lies silent under a heavy blanket and cannot be waked. – Bonnie Louise Kuchler
Saturday
Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening all at once. – unknown
Sunday
We were not created to be eaten by anxiety, but to walk erect, free, unafraid in a world where there is work to do, truth to seek, love to give and win. – Joseph Ford Newton
Gratitude
Begin each day by reciting the Daily Statement of Thankfulness or offer your own out loud or silently. Next, follow the daily prompt.
Daily Statement of Thankfulness
I am thankful for all the good I have experienced over the course of my life and for the good I helped others experience.
I am thankful for the growth and strength my challenges afforded me and for the times I was able to help others through their challenges.
I am thankful to have loved others and to have been loved by others.
I am thankful for the lessons I learned and for those I helped to teach.
I am thankful for the efforts I made and the work I did and for the efforts that were made and for the work others did on my behalf.
I am thankful for the laughter I have enjoyed and for the times I was able to make others smile.
I am thankful I have had so many people, things, and experiences in my life to be grateful for.
Monday
Say out loud what you are grateful for at this moment.
Tuesday
Draw something you have been grateful for in your lifetime.
Wednesday
Visualize someone you are or were grateful for.
Thursday
Write down anything in the world that you are grateful for.
Friday
Think about something others were grateful to you for during your lifetime. For example: Did you teach someone to fish or bake their favorite cookie? Did you hold the door for strangers? Did you teach Sunday School or give a friend a ride to work?
Saturday
Think of someone you would like to thank if you could for something they did. Examples: the military for keeping us safe or your first-grade teacher or the cruise ship captain who kept you safe as you vacationed.
Sunday
Name one thing in each category that you are or have been thankful for:
- Something in your environment (This could be your personal or the world environment)
- An inexpensive object
- A technology item or invention