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  • Valuable

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    Valuable

    Introduction

    The image we have of the world is directly linked to our values. Knowing better what you value makes it easier to understand what you are concerned with and would like to be concerned with in the world. It also helps you to get a better sense of your own value system and see if it really fits your deepest desires and your worldview.

    1. Ask participants what they want. Don’t they have a clue? Then have them choose from the attached bucket list. Make a list of these on the flip chart.
      Most people want more than just money, in fact everyone does. (The answers to this question miraculously turn out to be the same for all ages.)

    2. On another flipchart, group the wishes into economic wealth (things with a price tag such as education, houses, jobs and surfboards, for example), social wealth (trust and relationships: things like best friends, moms and dads, peace, surfing and health), environmental wealth (oceans, mountains and trees) and spiritual wealth (compassion, love and service)

    3. The various forms of wealth weave together into a personal overall well-being. This gives a new awareness.

    Discovering what we actually value most and adjusting the way you are in the world accordingly.

    Participants become more aware of whether their actions fit their value system and worldview and begin to shift and transform these forces that shape their actions.

    Paper or notepad for taking notes.

    Handout containing a table for completing values and activities in which they are involved.

    Source www.confront.nl

    1. Swimming at night, among the sea sparkles
    2. See all the capitals of Europe
    3. Visit all train stations in the Netherlands and make a photo book of it
    4. Visit all continents
    5. Visit Auswitch
    6. Backpacking with my child
    7. Better breathing
    8. Befriending a swan and watching its young grow up
    9. Giving blood five times to save a life
    10. Write a book
    11. Organize and supervise forest walks for children
    12. Eating a sandwich with the president of America
    13. Bungee jumping
    14. Swimming with turtles
    15. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
    16. Record CD
    17. Cruise making
    18. Daily meditation
    19. Visiting the Chinese wall
    20. Meeting the Dalai Lama
    21. Skating or cycling the Elfstedentocht
    22. Climbing Kilimanjaro or another mountain
    23. Meeting the king and queen
    24. Running the marathon or half marathon
    25. Seeing Niagara or other waterfalls
    26. Seeing the North Cape
    27. Visiting the October festivals in Germany
    28. Experiencing the Olympics
    29. Visiting the Oostvaarderplassen
    30. Visiting the pyramids of Egypt
    31. Walking the route of the Sound of Music in Austria
    32. Visiting the Tai Mahal in India
    33. Seeing the tour de France live|.
    34. Visiting the South Pole
    35. Meeting Deepak Chopra
    36. Scuba Diving
    37. Traveling through the desert with a Landrover
    38. Three times a year on vacation
    39. Taking a (navel) piercing
    40. Learning to speak or write or read another language
    41. A job in the environmental sector
    42. Climbing a mountain
    43. Writing a book
    44. Taking a course on a subject I wouldn’t normally do
    45. Taking a course in yoga or mindfulness
    46. Creating an animal-friendly garden
    47. Getting a degree
    48. A horse of your own
    49. Building your own website
    50. Making a movie
    51. Being able to do a flick
    52. Being a good mother
    53. A bigger house
    54. Living abroad for six months
    55. Six months of vegetarian life
    56. A wood stove in my house
    57. Buying a house
    58. One time gambling in Las Vegas
    59. One time mud wrestling
    60. Writing a children’s book
    61. Learning to milk a cow
    62. Composing a song and singing it together with Ilse de Lange
    63. Making a memory book for when I’m no longer around
    64. Creating a mood board
    65. Finding a beautiful meditation spot in nature close to home
    66. Buy a mountain bike and ride all the MTB/ATB trails in the Netherlands
    67. Composing a piece of music
    68. Buying a new car
    69. Giving a stranger a compliment for no reason
    70. Donating an Organ
    71. Providing a foster child with a safe home
    72. Accompanying a trip as a tour guide
    73. Taking a space journey
    74. Watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly
    75. Being able to do a somersault
    76. Making a painting
    77. Taking a spiritual bath in the Ganges
    78. Organizing a surprise party
    79. Getting a tattoo
    80. A trip in a limousine
    81. Making a raft and sailing down the river in Sweden
    82. Living on a desert island for a week
    83. Viewing a working volcano
    84. Releasing a seal
    85. Being grateful every day for who I am and what is in my life
    86. Exercise one hour every day
    87. Give 5 to 10% each month to the less fortunate (can also be done in time)
    88. A day at the sauna every month
    89. Going to the beautician every month
    90. Read a book every week
    91. Making a film
    92. Getting fit/being fit
    93. Fitness room in the house
    94. Learning French (or any other language)
    95. Healthier cooking and eating
    96. Learn to play guitar, piano or other instrument
    97. Gondola rides in Venice
    98. Making up with those with whom I still have some catching up to do
    99. Visit the statue of hatchi at Shi baya Station
    100. Making a difference to 10,000 other people
    101. Household outsourcing
    102. Make a recipe from my cookbook every month
    103. Meaning something substantial to someone else
    104. Spending the night in an igloo
    105. Playing in a musical
    106. Swimming in the sea in the dark
    107. Camel riding in the desert
    108. Camping in the wild
    109. Kayaking on a French river
    110. Kite surfing
    111. Color and clothing style advice
    112. Cooking for the homeless
    113. Laugh until I cry
    114. Learning to invest from Warren Buffet
    115. Learning to dance from my feelings
    116. Learning to edit photos
    117. Learning to take photographs
    118. Learning to play golf
    119. Learning to ride
    120. Learning to Ski
    121. Learn to snowboard
    122. Learning to ballroom or salsa dance
    123. Loving relationships
    124. Being nicer to myself
    125. Participating in a flasmob
    126. Joining the New Year’s Dive
    127. Eat more fruits and vegetables
    128. Living more mindfully
    129. Listening more to my gut
    130. Drink more water
    131. Visiting Mecca
    132. With the Orient express
    133. Taking a tour with a husky sled
    134. Ballooning
    135. Accepting myself
    136. Giving myself a make over
    137. Giving myself a massage
    138. Getting my diving certification
    139. Starting my own business
    140. Designing my own coffin
    141. My own vegetable garden
    142. Meeting my favorite artist live
    143. Letting my loved ones know in a poem that I love them
    144. Meeting my biggest idol
    145. Ridding my life of ballast that I don’t use anymore anyway
    146. Discovering my life purpose
    147. Getting my driver’s license
    148. Looking my tiger in the eye and overcoming my fears
    149. Visit at least 50 different countries in 5 continents
    150. Learning to ride a motorcycle
    151. Visit music festival
    152. View Holland from the water
    153. Learning to say no
    154. Oerol visits
    155. Buy unlimited clothes
    156. Doing something unexpectedly for someone without expecting anything in return
    157. Going on safari
    158. On vacation to….
    159. Performing in front of a large audience
    160. Horseback riding in Mongolia
    161. Parachute jumping
    162. Parasailing
    163. Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela
    164. Permanent make up
    165. Professional photo shoot
    166. Rafting
    167. Writing travel stories
    168. Getting Rich
    169. Romantic dinner on the beach
    170. Carry out the 100 wishes with a friend and write a book about it
    171. Scuba diving in Australia
    172. Giving seminars
    173. Skiing
    174. Learning speed reading
    175. Snorkeling in the ocean
    176. Save for something that is important to me
    177. Become a sponsor
    178. On foot through Africa
    179. Attending training sessions by Anthony Robbins
    180. Getting married
    181. Twice a year with one (of the) child(ren) on a trip
    182. Second home abroad
    183. Excellent health
    184. Rolling down the Klimduin in Schoorl
    185. Falling in love
    186. Fishing in the North Sea
    187. Getting a truck driving license
    188. Finding friends for life
    189. Volunteer
    190. Wading when the mudflats are frozen
    191. Wadden Sea Walk to all Wadden Islands
    192. Waking up on a desert island
    193. Riding competitions
    194. Working at an international conservation organization
    195. Working on a farm in Norway or Louisiana
    196. Taking singing lessons
    197. Sailing at sea
    198. Singing in a fun choir
    199. Swimming with dolphins
    200. Attending world championships of your favorite sport
    201. Workshop glass painting
    202. Sailing on the ocean

  • A world of difference

    A world of difference

    Introduction

    Worldviews have always been in conflict with each other. At present, however, there are a number of worldviews that are increasingly in conflict.

    • Those who believe in the globalization of the capitalist free market and those who believe in communally oriented fair trade and localization.
    • Those who are religious fundamentalists and those who are science fundamentalists.
    • Those who assume that the earth and nature should be exploited for the benefit of humanity and those who see humanity in the role of manager and protector.

    The trend toward greater global awareness is matched by the trend toward more local. Pioneering groups are able to adjust their world view and develop a better, positive vision that better fits the actual situation. Our worldviews can manifest in the most unlikely ways and in everything we experience.

    1. Start: To begin, have everyone apply some essential oil to their wrists. Ask them to breathe in a whiff and then exhale quietly.

    2. Presence: For a while, just be quiet together and watch the egg timer. Have them pay attention to which body parts begin to send signals to their consciousness: Stomach, head, limbs, chest, face, etc. Interpret these signals. For example: why do my legs feel so hot?

    3. Feelings: Indicate that everyone will have one minute (egg timer) to express how they feel. Now show one of the feeling cards and ask the participants to write down what color they feel about it. Leave the egg timer around

    Allow students to become calmer and more confident about who they are and how they see themselves in the world by examining their worldview more closely.

    Students become more aware of themselves, their belief systems, their feelings, and the qualities that fit them.

    Essential oils, egg timer, two sets of cards; one representing feelings, and the other with animals.