As it was the beginning of the year, the January meeting consisted of a student led presentation by some members of the youth on the topic of the New Year and New Year resolutions.
In the first hour we had a presentation in which we were quizzed about how different cultures across the world celebrate New Year’s Day, expanding our knowledge about different cultural practises. Then as a group we also discussed our perception on New Year resolutions and whether the goals we choose are achievable hence a source of motivation or do we often set goals which are unrealistic or overly ambitious within a set time frame and the consequences this can have on our mindset.
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We also played a game of articulate, where we were all split into small groups and were given a spiritual term which we had to explain to our teammates so that they can try and guess what the word was, without saying the given word. This game livened up the session with all members of the youth becoming actively involved in the game.
The following 2 hours consisted of analysing spiritual quotes in groups, followed by role plays in groups based around the topic of ‘Sympathy and Empathy’, and we explored how they are both completely different concepts. Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone’s misfortune whereas empathy is when you can understand someone’s sorrow and share their emotional experience, creating a connection. It was an insightful activity highlighting the important differences between these two words which are often used interchangeably.
