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As I pulled my stone from the box, the children gasped with excitement.
The magic is in the anticipation, the group energy, the shared curiosity.
They had to guess where it had come from, and why it was in the box.
It was a pleasant change from their usual worksheets, powerpoints and tight schedules.
The stone was very dull, boring grey, and rather chipped.
But the stone had a story; it had the traditional tale of “stone soup”, which I’d blended from the many versions I’d found online.
I like to make these stories up a bit (sometimes quite a bit). It gets the kids so much more excited and engaged when they are part of the telling of it, too.
The story goes something like this…
An old couple in an old cart, pulled along by an old horse, arrive at a dusty little village in the middle of nowhere.
Read more via the link just below
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Creative Nudge
Want to create more peace, joy, and calm in your life? Try this month's creative gratitude nudge below.
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Random Dialogues
You’ll be surprised how well you say what you have to say, when you say it from your heart.
We all need to be heard, to be listened to, and be part of something. Random Dialogues is a pot of water with three stones in it. And when we gather together to add our stories, our questions, and our presence, together we cook up a deliciously satisfying soup of human togetherness.
These events create connections, build community, and boost resilience. But most of all it’s a bonding experience. And we can all certainly do with more of that right now.
Come along and join us, either in the audience or live on stage.
Joining info in the link.
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Canva Tips
Its a Noisy
Lonely
Overwhelming
Crowded
Online Space
Out there.
(And in here.)
So...
How will you get noticed?
Enhance your social media and marketing at this monthly creative gathering.
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Magic In Mindfulness
A Mindful Tip
Doing it will encourage you to want to spread the word and teach others what you have learned by experience yourself
As a living example of practising mindfulness, you will be encouraging others to follow suit
Simply start and make it part of everyday
Be kind to yourself, you deserve a healthy mind.
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Thought For The Month
"I haven't got a 'Thought For The Month' to include in December's newsletter," I said to my friend Phil.
"Let me sleep on it," he replied
"Ha, that's it, that's the thought for the month."
Sleep On It
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And Finally
Christmas Jumper Waste
Most Christmas jumpers expected to be sold in the UK this year will be made from plastic. Environmental charity Hubbub warns against buying seasonal garments.
This year people are set to buy over 12 million Christmas jumpers this year (I've also seen this quoted as 24 million).
40% of them are only worn once.
What are your thoughts?
"I do love a Christmas jumper but they are so expensive as well as environmentally unfriendly. This year I had a clear-out and gifted all of ours to anyone in my son's school who might need one for Christmas Jumper Day. We had 5 in our house that had been worn once and grown out of, so better to reuse and recycle and hopefully, people will pay it forward with the ones they have grown out of too. It doesn’t solve the waste problem but maybe this could become a thing to stop perpetuating the expensive, wasteful new national day of celebration. PS I’m not being bahumbuggy about it" via Jo.
Following this discussion on my Random Dialogues Unradio Show too, I was advised to sew a bag of humbugs to my DIY jumper. The cheek of it.
Happy Christmas!
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