FRUITS OF MY TREE

FRUITS OF MY TREE

“Man is like unto a tree. If he be adorned with fruit, he hath been and will ever be worthy of praise

and commendation. Otherwise a fruitless tree is but fit for fire. The fruits of the human tree are

exquisite, highly desired, and dearly cherished. Among them are upright character, virtuous

deeds and a goodly utterance.”

(Taken from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-35.html )

THE FRUITS OF MY TREE are:

• Tolerance
• Determination
• Positive attitude
• Timeliness
• Equilibrium
• Clarity
• Assertiveness
• Sensitivity
• Cooperation

THE BASICS OF MY LIFE are:  

• Live and let live others in happiness.
• Be the man of Character/ Rectitude of Conduct
• Be always industrious, happy and positive as to work is to worship the God.

Keeping with the fruits and the basics of the life we must we must learn to motivate people for the rectitude of conduct. So we must treat people with kindness,  we must give them responsibility and ask them to actively participate, we must be a good listener to them, and in all we must get to KNOW the people so as to strengthen their sense of belonging.

Cooperative Juggling

Cooperative Juggling

We played the ‘Cooperative Juggling’ game. The game was very easy to perform but the very game demanded absolute coordination and concentration from each member.

However, we do understand that through the unity of action and coordination it becomes easier to perform the so called difficult tasks. 

In our group we had 10 members and we played the game for 30 minutes while standing in a big circle. We considered the tennis balls as golden ones so that each member valued these balls and concentrated on them. This helped the members to improve their catching skills. But a good level of coordination with 100% of concentration was a must to play and appreciate the game.

Further, we observed that when the individuals worked together then they could achieve great challenges together. I played “builder of unity” being the mentor for this activity. As we have to had 100% of coordination I appealed each member to adjust with the situation and leave the ‘arrogance’ (ego, dominance) and ‘self-righteousness’ in us.

The qualities and attitudes such as ability to mix, accommodating nature is essential for the Unity.  Further, adjustment with others is a must for the unity.

Guard the Treasure

Guard the Treasure

It was novel experience for us to play the ‘Guard the Treasure’ game. The game underlines the principle of trust and being trustworthy.

We do agree that the “Trustworthiness is the supreme condition for the achievement of the prosperity of mankind”. It is prerequisite for the rectitude of the conduct.

As instructed, we get divided into two groups (A and B) having 6 members in each group. We used small piece of cloth as ‘treasure’. Members of group A stand in a circle and one member stands at the centre of the circle so as to guard his treasure. The members on the circle tried hard to snatch away this treasure. In this way, each group has given 10 minutes to play the game. The following is the score of the two groups:

Group A	Group B
02	03

Members from group B were the winners as they snatched the treasure 3 times in just 10 minutes.  In all 05 (2 +3) members had the chance to snatch the treasure. But remaining 7 (4 +3) members could not snatch the treasure. The members felt that they are trustworthy while guarding the treasure. But, when the treasure was snatched from them, they did not feel confidence and felt that they did breakage of faith of their team members.

In all, each member agrees that they need to watch their words and actions and thus remain trustworthy in the family, society. They need to be trustworthy while performing responsibilities and affairs. Further, these members agreed that they will not misuse/ abuse their power they understood the life is impossible without ‘trustworthiness’. And hence, “Trustworthiness is the supreme condition for the achievement of the prosperity of mankind”.

Adjective Game

It was real fun to play the ‘Adjective Game’ with the students. Through this game we all have tried to acknowledge the “Unity in Diversity” principle. Further, we tried to enhance unity among the group members by associating and remembering a good quality in each member as each member explained the good qualities in her/him by saying the adjective.

All the members (students) stand in a circle. I, personally initiated the game by telling good quality of me as ‘T’ for ‘Tenacious’ as an adjective to my  own name i.e. ‘Tejesh’. Then I explained that I need to have ‘T’ for ‘Talented’ i.e. a quality I wish to acquire. Then all the group members together repeated my name and the adjective.

Then the game moves to the other members standing next to me in a clockwise manner. Thus, each member repeated the same procedure and we could enhance unity among the group members by associating and remembering a good quality in each member.

All the members liked the game as it was based on active participation. It was not easy for all the members to find an adjective for their names, so I asked them to tell the adjectives in Marathi language and accordingly translated it in English.

All the members liked the association of good qualities to themselves and thus the game helped to create an environment of unity among my group members.