Lesson 30

Extensions:

1) Read the following story and respond on the lines below how this story can be related to keeping ourselves fit in all areas of life.

You are walking through the woods one day and come upon a lumberjack who's furiously working at cutting fallen trees into logs. You notice that he's having a very difficult time of it. It seems to you that the chain on his chainsaw has become so dull that the saw barely cuts at all.

You ask him why he doesn't sharpen his chain. He replies, "I've got to get these logs cut. I can't take the time to sharpen my saw."

The man didn't realize that if he'd just taken a few minutes to sharpen his tool, cutting through the tree trunks would have required much less of his time and energy.

This story shows that you have to take time to relax and let yourself rest before exerting yourself too much, or else you will accomplish very little even though you do things non-stop. You need to exercise and keep fit in order to not burn out, like the chainsaw. If he had taken time to sharpen it, it would cut way faster than not sharpening and not resting.

Family Reflections:

What does your family do to renew and refresh the health of your relationships? Plan an outing or a family fun night.

To refresh the health of our relationships, we go out to eat and we watch tv or play board games together. We usually eat out on Saturdays, so it's considered as an outing?