Gratitude turns what we have into enough

Crew Task

It’s very easy at the moment to focus on the things we haven’t got and all the things we are missing out on. It’s easy to think we’re “stuck at home” when, in fact, we’re “safe at home” and that’s the mindset we’ve been fostering in Crew. So whilst it’s more than OK to be missing people and things, this week’s Crew task was to list ‘ten things you feel grateful for in life’ to make us really appreciate what we have got available to us right now, at this time. Crew are continuing to work on this task over the Easter weekend, but here are some highlight’s from Tom’s list:

a healthy life
parents
pets

and from Ali’s list:

the love and support people are giving me
understanding family
the love and support people are giving to me

and a lovely image of Noah’s list who has presented his work beautifully!

I’m so looking forward to reading everyone else’s lists; they’re certainly making me reflect on what is truly important right now.

This was one of the brilliant suggestions from the Action for Happiness Coping Calendar we’ve been dipping in and out for our Crew check-ins and weekly tasks. Here’s a copy of the calendar just in case you want to try some of the challenges too:

Crew Hangout

Almost a full house for this week’s check-in, but we’re still missing the same 3 or 4 Crew members every time. I have emailed these students about this. Please remember that these hangouts are really important, just as our daily sessions are at school, so I and the rest of Crew expect everyone to attend!

This week’s Crew check-in was led by Megan, who asked us “if you could only have one birthday present to last the rest of your life, what would it be?” An interesting range of responses from Crew… Thomas would like his own fishing pond, Kobe would just like some headphones and Ali would like another lightsaber (!)

We had an academic check-in just to make sure everyone was on track and it was great to hear Tom offering advice to Thomas who was struggling to access some work on classrooms. Still Crew! It was also nice to welcome Mr Smith along to our hangout, who wanted to check-in with Crew Finch and check that everyone was getting on OK.

We decided to just have the Tuesday hangout this week, as we’re off school on Thursday anyway for the Easter break, but Crew know they can contact me any time over the break if they feel like they need a 1:1 check-in with me.

An Appreciation

I’d like to end with an appreciation for Megan who unknowingly made a difficult day better for me by sending me a really lovely email. Such a small act of kindness had a huge impact on my day. So, number 1 on my list of things I am grateful for is: