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What are two things I will start doing to recognize and understand the key emotions and strengths for healthy relationships?

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Disney's Lady and the Tramp

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I will use empathy and patience when listening and trying to understand others.

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What is one thing you hope to achieve in the next couple of years here at Westside Atlanta Charter School?

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I won't fight my brothers or hit them and if they hit me I will walk away.

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Stop using my actions on someone else

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Hope for a good christmas

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I already do, but you can ask people how they are feeling so you can understand how other people react and how they feel.

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I will try to understand people ad be nice to them when we disagree

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i will start to hug my little  sister and love her.

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I will not hit my sister. Will not talk about someone non today.

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Describe four emotions you feel with family, friends, peers, teachers, and/or other adults.

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I will pay attention to body language and be patient.

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I will work hard and get it all done

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I will listen to people  so I will know how they feel. Also I will do thing that person wants to do.

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I will start talking to people about their lives and emotions. The other thing i will do is is be nice.

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I will show listening skills and love. I will let people know I care, with my actions.

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i will listen to my peers so i will know what they are talking about

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I won't be mean to little cousins when they start annoying me

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I won't be mean to little cousins when they start annoying me

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Find a good short story about HOPE and share the link here. I included an example below.

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Is there any greater act of garden faith than tucking bulbs into the ground just before the freezing cold hardens the earth for winter? Digging, arranging and patting down an array of bulbs has become my launching pad for a positive path through the cold, dark season.

Working through bags of tulips, daffodils, crocuses and one annual experiment-this year, I'm trying dense, colorful ranunculus-I'm aware that the possibilities for failure are numerous. Squirrels could turn their sharp, hungry claws on the juicy bulbs. A mild winter could send the bulbs sprouting before their time. Or the human error factor could come into play, and I could either be too shallow or too deep in my planting.

Like with every garden task, our charge is to persist despite the ever-present possibility that things won't turn out like we expect them to.

I love the way the poet May Sarton put it: "I long for the bulbs to arrive, for early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of the bulbs is the work of hope and always thrilling."

The work of hope. What an inspiring phrase to capture the effort required, not only to choose, prepare and plant the bulbs, but to set our sights on the bright, warm days that we won't see for many months.

Now that Daylight Savings Time has ended and the late afternoon sun has moved on to warm another part of the planet, it is the optimal time to practice the "work of hope" each and every day. It is that well-placed effort, after all, that will carry us toward the spring that is waiting to thrill us with its colorful surprises-especially those that are of our own making.

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How Planting Bulbs Is 'the Work of Hope'

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Is there any greater act of garden faith than tucking bulbs into the ground just before the freezing cold hardens the earth for winter? Digging, arranging and patting down an array of bulbs has become my launching pad for a positive path through the cold, dark season.

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Write your own movie that features one of your goals.  Imagine how you would overcome obstacles and create a successful pathway.
Cast Away is a good movie about perseverance, hope, and survival!

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What's the 'secret sauce' that builds employee engagement and has the organization thriving? Hope! Even in the midst of belt-tightening, heightened competition, organizational changes, process and employee redundancies, and declining real pay and benefits, Hope is the emotional engine which generates profitability for organizations! Hope is crucial for effective... Read More

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What's the 'secret sauce' that builds employee engagement and has the organization thriving? Hope! Even in the midst of belt-tightening, heightened competition, organizational changes, process and employee redundancies, and declining real pay and benefits, Hope is the emotional engine which generates profitability for organizations! Hope is crucial for effective...

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Be more of the 3 r's

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I hope to achieve  to do better in science because I want and need to get better grades.

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One thing I would like to achieve at school is to stop shouting out.

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I hope to graduate from 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in WACS. I hope to get good grades. I hope to win NBA math hoops. I also hope to make good friends while I am here.

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i hope i will get perfect scores so people will think i'm smart.

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Before this school year ends something I hope to do is to switch classes.

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I hope everybody stay safe when winter break come and hope for the better in the future
hope is everywhere

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WHEN YOU ARE HOPELESS - Inspirational Video (very emotional!) - YouTube

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WHEN YOU ARE HOPELESS - Inspirational Video (very emotional!) - YouTube

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WHEN YOU ARE HOPELESS - Inspirational Video (very emotional!)

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Frustration- Students
Love- Family
Fairness- Family, Friends, & Work
Creativity- Work

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Fun- anonymous
Creativity- anonymous
Love- anonymous

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Bored, Tired, Disappointed-Life
Thankful-Friends, Family
Confused, Disappointed- Girl Friend (girl that is a friend)
Hate-Shoes, Clothing, Restrictions

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Family-love
Friends-kindness

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I show hope through Jesus

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Love- Family
Kindness- Friends
Creativity- Teachers

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I t is story #3. The picture is a link to the website.

The Elephant Rope

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

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This touches home for me after I experienced some loved ones in my family who died of cancer recently.

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Diane was suddenly thrust into role of caregiver for Alex and Shawn while trying to keep home life as normal as possible for her daughter Olivia, age 15. "We lived through cancer, but it didn't define us," said Diane. "It can overtake your life and be all you think about, but you still need to laugh. You don't have to be somber and sad all the time - it doesn't help. We have always dealt with life with laughter. It's either cry or laugh - and I'd rather laugh."

Alex

Alex's symptoms started with pain in his back. At the time, he was a psychology student at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, and working two jobs. Everyone thought he'd just pulled a muscle, which is a much more common cause of pain than cancer, especially in someone so young. But the pain did not go away. It got worse. Then Alex noticed swelling in his groin. He went to the emergency room, where he had scans and tests.

Alex had testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen, liver, and lungs. He would be treated with surgery and 3 months of aggressive chemotherapy to stop the cancer before it could spread to his brain. The side effects were tough. He developed blood clots, had difficulty breathing, lost his appetite, lost weight, and lost his hair. Diane searched for foods and recipes that would tempt Alex to eat. She bargained with him to get him to drink protein shakes and cooked several different meals each night, in the hopes he'd eat something. She joked about how many times she'd go back to the grocery store for more ingredients.

Every night after Alex's treatment, Diane encouraged him to walk to the end of their driveway. When he could do that, she pushed him to walk down the street. Some nights, Alex woke up in a panic and didn't know where he was. Diane began carrying around a baby monitor, and many nights she sat by his bed.

Alex was in the infusion room getting chemotherapy when Diane and his nurses told him his father also had cancer.

Shawn

Shawn's symptoms also started with pain. His was in his hip. A pediatric nurse, Shawn was on his feet all day at work, and at age 45, the most likely cause was arthritis. But his pain didn't go away either - it also just got worse. After many tests, scans, and biopsies, Shawn learned he had stage IV bone cancer - a type of sarcoma - that had spread to his liver and lungs.

Specialists were unable to determine what type of sarcoma Shawn had, which made his treatment more difficult. Diane understood the severity of Shawn's disease right away. She said, "When I heard the news, I just had a really bad feeling. I said I was just going to visit a neighbor, and I left the house. I went down there and dropped to my knees, and I said, 'I think I'm losing Shawn.'"

Shawn began chemotherapy to try to get the tumors in his lungs under control. He hoped the tumors would shrink so he could have hip replacement surgery, recover, and return to work. He had some good days eating pizza and watching Dr. Who on television with Olivia, and taking her to get her driver's permit. But the treatments did not appear to be working. Shawn became weaker and began relying on a cane to help him walk.

A few months after he began chemotherapy, Shawn became suddenly very sick and dizzy. Doctors found a lesion in his brain and performed surgery to try to remove it and save his life. But two weeks later, he died. "He said, 'I love you forever,' and that's the last thing he said to me," said Diane.

Alex and Olivia today

During his treatment, Alex took leaves of absence from his jobs and school. He was able to return a few months after his last chemo appointment. He earned his psychology degree and is now working on a second degree, in social work. He has an internship at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh. He's still under doctor's care and is waiting to officially celebrate 5 years of being cancer free.

Olivia is a Junior at Siena College in Albany, New York and is active in her school's Relay For Life team. Relay For Life events are held every year in communities around the world, raising money to invest in research and to provide information and services to cancer patients and caregivers.

Diane's tips for caregivers

Diane says she has been asked many times how she got through the toughest times. Her answer: she didn't have a choice. "Everyone kept saying, 'How can you handle this?' My husband and I had a mantra. We would say, 'Give me no options and I can be amazing.' The day he died, I promised him I would continue to live by this mantra."

She offers these tips:

Be honest. We had family meetings after every doctor appointment to discuss treatments. Knowledge is power. As bad as the situation is, it's 10 times worse if you don't know. Fear of the unknown will eat at you.

Be grateful. Try to get up every day and appreciate that it's a blessing to have that day. When my kids were down in the dumps I'd tell them somebody else is getting a diagnosis today. Somebody else is still on day 1. We need to be grateful for where we are today. Be grateful for your family, your community, and the blessings that you have.

Take care of yourself. Tell people when you want them around and when you don't. You don't want to shut yourself off, or hurt people's feelings, but you have to also think about yourself and say what you want.

Try to keep home life as normal as possible. Be open and honest with your children. They know something is going on. If you hide it, you are less able to help them cope.

Be prepared. I kept a "chemo bag" to bring to the infusion room equipped with playing cards, video games, granola bars, cans of soups, lunch, drinks, and something to write with. I also brought a shawl I could use as a sweater if I was cold, or a blanket if I needed to sleep in a chair. I never knew when I'd end up spending the night in the hospital.

Give back. Every year I buy 15 shawls and donate them to a local medical center for caregivers. Caregivers get forgotten sometimes.

Be there. It's hard to watch something that's completely out of your hands. You may feel like you can't do anything. But there is a lot you can do and you need to focus on that. It makes such a huge difference for you just to be there.

And she has one tip for family and friends. "Sometimes people don't know what to say, and they don't want to say the wrong thing, so they don't say anything. But they need to. To me, there is no wrong thing. It's better to try."

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Caregiver Faces Challenge: Husband and Son Both Diagnosed With Cancer

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Diane was suddenly thrust into role of caregiver for Alex and Shawn while trying to keep home life as normal as possible for her daughter Olivia, age 15. "We lived through cancer, but it didn't define us," said Diane. "It can overtake your life and be all you think about, but you still need to laugh.

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On the way back from work every evening, more often than not there would be a homeless man standing at the exit of the freeway.  He looked to be in his late 40's but was probably a lot younger. He had shoulder length straight black hair a short beard, and he was of average stature. His eyes were what struck me the most about him, they were brown and they had a sparkle. Like an inside light that was beaming out of his eyes.  His eyes, I thought, represented the man in general. People say they can tell a lot from a person’s eyes. It was certainly true in his case.  He always waved at every car, he was always happy and smiling and sometimes almost dancing.

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A 15 Year Blessing From A Homeless Person | KindSpring.org

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This is a story that happened 15 years ago but it has always stayed with me since then. On the way back from work every evening, more often than not there would be a homeless man standing at the exit of the freeway.