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IDEA

Clapping is a process when we express our joy after overcoming some obstacles.

Some examples of processes and states in nature, in the person (thoughts, feelings, deeds) and relations:

• we enjoy a trip in the nature after a week of hard work;
• pets are happy when we give them attention;
• we are happy because of success/ well done job;
• we enjoy the presence of our friends;
• the audience claps for good performance.

“This gesture is the joy of the soul which has acquired freedom; the joy of the butterfly which has emerged from its cocoon; the joy of the grass which has shown its first tender shoots above the dark cold soil; the joy of the flower opening to the sun’s rays for the first time”. [Beinsa Douno, Paneurhythmy,p.53]

QUESTIONS

1.Text: How many words for joy can you find in the text? Write in your own beautiful words a sentence/essay/poem about joy.  

2.Drawing:   Draw a picture of someone who is happy. Draw an illustration to the exercise.

3.Questions: What makes you and other people happy? What is your joy when you have achieved something with and without overcoming some obstacles.

4.Experience: Tell us of situations when you have experienced joy. What is the feeling?

5.Imagination: Imagine while you play the exercise that you are clapping hands as a happy child.

6.Affirmation: Write your own positive affirmation for clapping. For example: I am happy with my life.   

7.Quotes:   In search of the Blue Bird, Tyltyl speaks with the Great Joys: The Great Joy of Being Just, the Joy of Being Good, the Joy of Fame, the Joy of Thinking, the Joy of Understanding, the Joy of Seeing what is Beautiful, The Great the Joy of Loving, the Joy of Maternal Love (Maurice Maeterlinck, "The Blue Bird"). Find your favourite quotes on Joy.