VIRTUAL CRUSHER GUIDANCE
MOVIE BREAK!
LET'S FACE IT,
YOU NEED A BREAK!
LIFE.
RIGHT NOW.
KINDA FEELS LIKE THIS....
OK, MAYBE IT IS NOT REALLY THAT BAD.
BUT, IT IS DEFINITELY A WHOLE NEW WORLD!
AND EVEN IF YOU ARE ADAPTING WELL, YOU GOTTA ADMIT THERE ARE STILL SOME DAYS THAT TEND TO GO A LOT LIKE THIS....
HONESTLY, ALL OF US REALLY DO WISH THINGS DID NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY....
BUT MAYBE WE ARE ALL MEANT FOR THIS TIME!
MAYBE WITH A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE (AND ENCOURAGEMENT) WE WILL SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE.
PERHAPS, WE REALLY CAN SEIZE THE DAY!
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CARPE DIEM?!
REALLY!?
YES, THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A DAUNTING TASK,
AND YOU MAY ASK, "REALLY, HOW DO I SOMETHING GREAT DURING ALL OF THIS?"
WELL, FIRST....DON'T DOUBT THE POWER INSIDE YOU TO DO AMAZING THINGS!
REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES, DON'T GIVE IN TO OUR DEEPEST FEAR!
IN CASE YOU NEED TO READ IT AGAIN!
YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD!
COME ON (SPIDER-MAN!)
BE A HERO - A GREAT HERO TAKES A BAD SITUATION AND ALLOWS IT TO MAKE THEM STRONGER!
STILL SKEPTIC ABOUT HOW ALL THIS TURNS OUT?
OF COURSE YOU ARE. IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO JUST QUIT AND TAKE A NAP FOR A WEEK OR SO.....
TRUTH IS, THIS DOES STINK!
NOBODY WANTS SCHOOL TO END THIS WAY!
THERE IS SO MUCH WE ARE GOING TO MISS!
HECK, SOME YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO RULE THIS SCHOOL UNTIL JUNE!
AND WHAT ABOUT MINI-THON & PROM?
YOU WANTED TO HAVE FUN & DANCE.....
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY EVEN BE MISSING THE CAFETERIA!?
OK, YEAH, PROBABLY NOT!
MAYBE YOU DON'T MISS THE SOCIAL CRAZINESS OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WHO DOESN'T MISS GOOD FRIENDS WHO ALWAYS GOT YOUR BACK!
SERIOUSLY, DOESN'T DANCING SOUND FUN RIGHT NOW?
AND WHAT ABOUT GRADES!
WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF.....
OK, RELAX GANDALF, THAT WAS JUST A JOKE.
WE NEED TO BRING THE ANXIETY DOWN A LITTLE.
YOU SHALL PASS!
JUST DO YOUR WORK AND STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR TEACHERS.
YOU WILL BE FINE!
WE PROMISE!
THE REALITY IS....WE ALL KIND OF TOOK THINGS FOR GRANTED.
ORDINARY, EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WE NOW MISS - WE PROBABLY COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TO DO MANY OF THOSE THINGS!
HARD TO ADMIT, BUT THERE MAY BE A PRETTY BIG LESSON JUST IN THAT.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD CHERISHED IT A LITTLE MORE....
SEEMS LIKE APPRECIATING THE LITTLE THINGS ARE A LOT EASIER THESE DAYS.
AND THERE IS SOMETHING REASSURING ABOUT THAT, ALMOST PEACEFUL.
GRATITUDE TENDS TO SERVE A HEALTHY HELPING OF GRACE.
FOR SURE, GRATITUDE & GRACE HELPS - IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT YOU!
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!
YOU CAN!
YOU ARE A LEADER!
YOU ARE A DREAMER!
YOU ARE A DOER!
DREAMERS DON'T LET ANYTHING GET IN THEIR WAY - ESPECIALLY THEMSELVES!
REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE, PURSUE HAPPINESS....
SURE, SOME DREAMS ARE ON HOLD FOR NOW - SOME DREAMS HAVE TO BE SLOWED DOWN, RE-IMAGINED, OR RESHAPED.
BUT DREAMING NEVER HAS TO STOP.
PLANNING NEVER HAS TO STOP.
GROWING,
LEARNING,
ACHIEVING,
EVOLVING
THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP!
IN FACT, IT DOES SEEM THAT THE ORDINARY AND "EVERYDAY" PEOPLE ARE THE ONES DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THESE DAYS.
WHY NOT YOU?
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO REALLY FIGURE YOURSELF OUT, CONSIDER WHAT IS IT THAT YOU REALLY NEED IN YOUR LIFE.
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT YOUR FAMILY IS TO YOU.
MAYBE YOU NEEDED TO BE WITH THEM AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.....
YEAH, THEY'RE ANNOYING - BUT SO ARE YOU.
YOU GUYS WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER (AND AT LEAST YOU AREN'T STUCK IN A CAR TOGETHER)
FRIENDS ARE IMPORTANT TOO.
FIND THEM.
ANY WAY YOU CAN.
REACH OUT TO PEOPLE!
IT MIGHT NOT BE YOUR STYLE. YOU MAY NOT BE ALL THAT GOOD AT IT, BUT GIVE IT A SHOT.
TEXT, CALL, FACETIME, SKYPE, GOOGLE HANGOUT, IM....
CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS! YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AS WELL (COUNSELOR EMAILS)
AND IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT CONNECTING AND SOCIALIZING,
CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AT IT AS YOU,
CONSIDER THAT THE SCHOOL DAY MAY BE THE MOST SOCIAL INTERACTION THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE DURING A DAY!
AND IF IT IS STILL A STRUGGLE TO CONNECT TO FRIENDS, DID WE MENTION FAMILY?
MAYBE IT REALLY IS TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW!
IT COULD BE TIME TO TRY SOME NEW RECIPES....
NEW INSTRUMENT, PERHAPS?
EXPAND YOUR STUDIES - FIND A GOOD BOOK!
HOWEVER AND WHATEVER YOU DO TO MAKE THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY,
THE POINT IS THERE IS REASON FOR HOPE....
WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT IS GONNA BE A LEAP OF FAITH
BUT YOU ARE CAPABLE AND EMPOWERED BY GOD TO MAKE THAT LEAP!
TRUTH IS WE MAY NOT REALLY EVER UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US COMPLETELY, BUT WE CAN BE A CHARACTER IN A GREAT STORY.
HOLD ON TO SOMETHING GOOD!
YOU CAN BE A HERO.
YOU CAN PERSEVERE.
A NEW DAY WILL COME.
AND WHEN THE SUN SHINES, IT WILL SHINE OUT THE CLEARER.
KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE GOOD. FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS!
NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE THE LIGHT THROUGH THE DARKNESS, MAYBE YOU CAN BE THAT LIGHT FOR ANOTHER.
AND WOULDN'T THAT BE A TALE THAT REALLY MATTERED.....
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR STORY!
REMEMBER WE ARE IN THIS STORY TOGETHER, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME AUTHOR, AND WE WILL SEE A HAPPY ENDING!
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS IF YOU NEED SOMETHING OR EVEN JUST WANT TO TALK. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ON THIS JOURNEY!