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VA Association of Visiting Teachers and School Social Workers. Sensational Exceptional Wonderful Powerful Beyond description Nearly illegal Out of control. Hot-to-Trot Incredible Superb Excellent Invincible Enjoyable Awesome. POWER WORDS. Complete the sentence. Today I am ____!
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VA Association of Visiting Teachers and School Social Workers
Sensational Exceptional Wonderful Powerful Beyond description Nearly illegal Out of control Hot-to-Trot Incredible Superb Excellent Invincible Enjoyable Awesome POWER WORDS
Complete the sentence • Today I am ____! • During my first date I was____! • Last night at bedtime I was ____! • During my senior prom I was ____! • Thinking of my principal in a Speedo, I feel____!
CommitmentWhat are you willing to give? a. Josh Rainer “It choose to.” b. Jesse Jackson “Hog has more commitment” c. King Leonidas “Who will step forward?” d. Indiana Study “I loved every one of them
FaithfulnessAre you steady on the rope? a. Brotherhood of the Rope “You must be an asset.” b. Chicken-out ridge “ I’ve got you!” c. Power of the Rope “My ability to climb…” d. Ron Vicars “You’re not doing this alone”
Courage:Would you lead the charge? a. Josh Chamberlain “We shall do our duty” b. Change Agents and Heroes “Where is the cape?” c. Martin Luther King “Hero deep in each of us” d. Margaret Meade “Never underestimate the power…” e. Winston Churchill “Courage atrophies from a lack of use”
Compassion/PassionDo you forgot the small stuff? a. Shane Gravely “You smelled like dad” b. The Child With No Name “I missed seeing you today” c. Michael Rader “That is all he got” d. Changing Story “What is the next chapter?”
SacrificeHow much would you give? a. Jane Farmer “I am so glad you are here” b. Susan Frye “No – we will do it today” c. Nathan Young “How long will I live?” d. Four-year old boy “I just helped him cry”
Vision:Can you see the impossible? a. Helen Keller “Having no vision” b. Roger Bannister “Four-minute mile” c. Mission to Moon “No, we just decided to go”
Martin Luther King Jr. There lies in each of us a hero awaiting the call of action.
Do that which is right I will do the right thing although it may lose me every friend on this earth. For if I do right, I will still have one friend and he will reside deep within my soul.
LegacyWhat has your life created? a. Achilles “Sing of you for eternity” b. Betty Carter “How will you be remembered? c. Mohammed Gandhi “My life is my message” d. Daniel Boone “Would anyone follow your path?”
Do not accept the shackles of mediocrity Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your legacy.
Building a Legacy:Answer These Questions a. Who do you think you are? b. What on Earth are you doing? c. What in God’s name are you doing? d. What are you going to do next?
Martin Niemoller:Do not remain silent When the Nazis came for the communists - I did not speak up;because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Catholics- I did not speak up;because I was a protestant. Then they came for the Jews - I did not speak up;because I was not a Jew. When they came for me,there was no one left to speak up for me.
Power of a Life Well Lived Isn’t it great that we live in a world in which you do not have to wait a single moment to make the world a better place. Ann Frank
God didn’t give anybody everything - but he gave everybody something.