Friday, June 16, 2017

EC THOUGHTS

Thursday, June 15, 2017

EC - It's a Mind's Delight

Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Help to make earth happy,
Like the Heaven above.
Julia A. F. Carney
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Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through. 
Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

 Christina Rossetti 
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I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my god.
Helen Keller
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Two roads converged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference.

The woods were lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost 
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Find a purpose, the means will follow.
Mahatma Gandhi
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You cannot teach a man anything;you can only help him/her to find it within him/her self.
 Galileo Galilei
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"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."
Rene Descartes
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We have to be mature enough to realise that life is not fair. One can only give the best to the given situation s/he is in.
Stephen Hawking
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Life is... but a walking shadow...a poor player
who "struts and frets" his hour upon the stage.
And then is heard no more.
It's a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.
Shakespeare
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Considering that, all hatred driven hence,
The soul recovers radical innocence
And learns at last that it  is self-delighting,
Self-appeasing, self-affrighting,
And that its own sweet will is Heaven's will;
She can, though every face should scowl
And every windy quarter howl
Or every bellows burst, be happy still.
From " A prayer for my daughter " by William Butler Yeats
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Besides the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten saw I at a glance,
Tossing their in Sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed-and-gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. 
William Wordsworth 


Monday, May 1, 2017

VIDEO BASED EXERCISE

Image result for matt abrahamsAsked the participants to do three exercises as mentioned in this video by

1. Shout the wrong name of things around you...SKY - LION - BULLDOZER - 

2. Give a gift (imaginary, of course!)....and then justify your choice...Oh! What a surprise! A pet giraffe....So you like it very much. I am so happy. And you know why I gave you this because.....

2. Communicate by spelling the words (and not by telling them)....W-H-A-T I-S Y-O-U-R N-A-M-E?


TO BE CONTINUED...

"WHAT IS SUCCESS" EXERCISE



Then....
Asked the students to speak about their idea about SUCCESS in life ie., how can one understand that s/he has got success in life. Is it about:

1. Feeling good/positive/proud about oneself ?
2. Feeling fearless and ready to face any situation in future ?
3. Proving that you are capable of doing "something" ?
4. Working for a bigger goal/purpose/mission ?

TO BE CONTINUED...

TRAIN OF THOUGHT EXERCISE

Image result for train of thoughtsAsked the students to speak to the audience about their train of thoughts when they see/hear/read about these things:

1. TRAIN
2. AEROPLANE
3. LUXURY BUS
4. SHIP
6. LIBRARY
7. AIRPORT
8. STAR HOTEL
9. RAILWAY STATION
10. SHOPPING MALL
11. A FILM SHOOTING
12. A BASKET BALL MATCH
13. A CROWD IN A MARKET PLACE
14. AN EXHIBITION
15. AN MULTIPLEX THEATRE

TO BE CONTINUED...