Goal: To choose an option for dealing with a personal worry
Objective: Each participant will discover possible options for dealing with a personal worry.
Set Up: Make a copy of Dignity Peace Steps for each person or make a poster for all to see in your language.
Leader: “What are you worried about today?”
Do not discuss the ideas. Give a positive affirmation to each person as they share an idea. A smile or a nod of the head can acknowledge that you have heard the idea. Being heard helps anyone to feel worthwhile.
As participants give ideas, quickly write the worry on a personal sheet of paper. Just put a check mark in front of each duplication.
When the discussion slows down, the leader can look at the list and find an idea the was repeated. Choose one idea and tell it to the group. “Since this worry was common to more than one person, let’s use it to see how the Dignity Peace Steps can create possible options to help with a worry. Afterward, you will have a chance to talk about your personal choice of a worry in pairs.”
Leader: Pass out Dignity Peace Steps (or use a poster) and guide the group in applying each step to the selected worry.
Tell the group to divide into pairs.
One person tells the other what is a worry for them today. Together, go through the Dignity Peace Steps to discover possible options for dealing with the worry. The person who has the worry may choose an option to help deal with it or choose to think about it some more. Switch to the other person who will share a personal worry. The two participants use the Dignity Peace Steps to discover options to help deal with the worry. The person may choose an option or choose that “It is not today’s decision.”
Summary: Worries can keep us from focusing on and enjoying our day. Finding an option to help deal with a worry may help us have a better day.
