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Thursday morning, 23rd August 2012

As usual, we did our morning greeting. Thank you to all who wrote how they felt on that morning :)

Video by Zoey and Swee Ling from 3S1

Empathy Quotes

“One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.” - Moliere

“The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then naturally, empathy arises. If you tune into the other person, you feel with them. If empathy arises, and if that person is in dire need, then empathic concern can come. You want to help them, and then that begins a compassionate act. So I'd say that compassion begins with attention.” - Daniel Goleman

“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.” - Rachel Naomi Remen

Buddy class!

We got class 4A1 and 3S1 to write their problems down individually on pieces of paper and they can leave them anonymous as long as they mark it so that they can recognise it after. After both classes had written their problems on pieces of paper, we swapped the letters between both classes to randomly respond anonymously either as form of writing possible solutions, emphatic words of encouragement or support to the pieces of "problems" they picked out before returning to their respective classes. 3S1 was thrilled with the responses from their "secret senior angels" of 4A1 indeed and were heartened that their seniors took the effort and trouble to write sincerely back to them even though it was all anonymous. Now 4A1 anxiously waits for 3S1 to respond to their problems as well. Let's keep empathy going! :D

Empathy Quotes.

“Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.”  - Alice Miller

“We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.” -  Pema Chodron
                                           
 “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
                                                                                                                                 
 “So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti