Happy Dolphin

We teach children to count, to read, we teach them about the world, we teach them how to be resilient, how to bounce back, how to solve conflict and how to manage their anger… but do we ever really teach them to be happy and how to practice it daily?

Happiness must be taught.

It is a learned skill, it needs to constantly reviewed and drilled into our young minds, and so we can create a more optimistic future!

Planning to be Happy

Happiness is something that we can work on; in fact we need to make plans to ensure that our highest potential and greatest good is reached. As the saying goes,

Those you fail to plan, plan to fail!

So let’s looks at ways we can plan to be happy on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly level!

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It is important to be organised

Being organised and concentrating during class time are essential elements for academic success at school and at university.

During Class

• Just hearing what your teachers say is not the same as listening to what they say. Listening is a cognitive act that requires you to pay attention, think and mentally process what you hear.
• Make an effort to concentrate during every class.
• Be attentive and concentrate on what the teacher is saying.
• Try to make links between what you are learning and what you already know.
• Sit near the front or middle of the class room.
• Identify what the teacher hopes to teach you during the lesson.
• Make an effort to sit away from friends who distract you during class.
• Participate in class – ask at least one question per class.
• Write notes – jot down a few points about what the teacher is saying.
• Wear an elastic band around wrist and flick it to remind you to concentrate!
• Use Diary – after each lesson write down homework (if nothing is set write this down).

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A small child was bugging her father to play with her. He was intent on reading his daily newspaper, and was trying to ignore her.

He then came across a large map of the world, so he ripped it out the paper and then tore the picture of the world into small pieces to resemble a jigsaw puzzle and gave it to the child.

Satisfied with his genius, he thought that will keep her busy for at least 20 minutes.

Within a minute, the child exclaimed, “Dad, I have done it!”

Amazed, the father looked at her and said, “How did you do it so quickly?”

“It was easy,” she replied. “On the other side of the world was a picture of a person. If you get the person right, you get the world right!”

If you get the person right you get the world right!

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