It’s Fall – Teach Giving and Receiving Compliments through a Time Capsule.

Lessons Passed from Generations to Generations through the Time Capsule – Lead to Warm Fuzzy feelings as we Reminisce.

What lessons will you pass on to your children? A time capsule is a great way to preserve some of the best stories or lessons in life. Sometimes we lose sight of what really matters. It is important to raise a confident child. Check out this fun Fall lesson plan idea of how to teach your children to give and receive compliments and watch their self-esteem boost.

It is officially Fall here in Indiana. The leaves are changing and I am ready for some warm fuzzy moments, like sitting by the fire, warming up under a soft blanket, eating hot chocolate (with marshmallows of course), and eating comfort food. Who is with me?

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We want to start a mission here at The Original Time Capsule company. We want everyone who reads this post to share it with their friends, along with a compliment (or warm fuzzy), and boost someone’s happiness feeling scale for the day. This is what we feel our unique products, the Baby and Wedding Time Capsules do. They bring back the warm fuzzy feelings when a family member finally opens their very own time capsule, and reminisces what life was like the year he or she was born or married. What a great feeling.

For years, I have volunteered as a youth pastor.  One of my favorite stories, and lessons is of the Warm Fuzzy.

You can find the story of The Warm Fuzzy by clicking here

Before the day of the lesson, I would go to the dollar store and purchase a couple of bags of “pom-poms.”  These are small colored cotton-type balls.  If you do not have a dollar store, or cannot find “pom-poms,” you can use plain cotton balls instead.

As the students arrived for the evening, I would give each of them 3 pom-poms and tell them three things that I liked about each of them.  (I gave them 3 compliments.)  I told them that they were allowed to keep them for themselves, or give them to someone else.  If they gave them to someone else, they must pay a compliment (give a warm fuzzy) to the person they were giving the pom-pom.  Each pom-pom represented their “warm fuzzy.”

As the night went on, some interesting things happened . . .

1. A few of the students seemed to never get any Warm Fuzzies.
2. A few of the students seemed to get them, but not keep them.
3. A few of the students seemed to get them, and hold on to them.

Overall, we can come to the conclusion that some students were good at giving the compliments.  They are ultimately givers who love to build others up.  They cannot hold on to their warm fuzzies even though they are given many.  Then there are the “outsiders” of the group.  They may not have many friends.  They give away the compliments they have, then no new compliments coming in.  These tend to be the strong, self-sufficient type that play by their own rules.  Then there are those who are well liked, and receive a lot of compliments, but hold on to all of them.  They do not build other up, instead they take from others and seldom give back.

There are merits to every style of person.  Those with a lot of fuzzies are well liked by other.  Those with none are givers.  There is a positive way to look at each position.

The biggest thing this lesson teaches me is that we need to make a difference in the world!  We need to “pay it forward” if you know what I mean.  We all need to be the type of people who will give the complements to others and build them up.  It is when we stop focusing on ourselves, and begin to look around us and put others before ourselves that the world makes sense.  The world is a sad and broken place, but it is up to each of us to make it a little better each day.  One word, one smile, and one compliment at a time.

We can’t change the whole world, but we can make a difference in our little corner of it.  You are beautiful!  You are intelligent!  You are capable of making a difference in the world around you!  Now, take your Warm Fuzzies and give them away!

Please remember that one of the greatest things you can do as an adult, parent, mentor, grandparent, teacher, etc is to pass on great lessons in life to children. They are the future. Save these great stories in a decorative Baby Time Capsule, so when they are older they can read about the stories of what life was like for you when you were raising them, or what life was like when they were born. Get a very artistic, unique Baby Time Capsule from https://www.timecapsule.com/product/milestone-collection-baby-time-capsule-keepsake-gift/.

So who do you need to give a compliment to, or give a warm fuzzy to today? Comment below. Again share this blog with them, along with the compliment.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Mark

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