Mi Mano Contigo

El Comedor

In "El Comedor"  we went over to a colony in the suburbs of the city where the fmilies can't afford a good breakfast for their children so we gathered plenty of money to buy enough food to give the kids breakfast. My time was the one buying the ingredients and making the food. We decided to make french toast since the last two times they had eaten eggs, so we wanted to vary their breakfast, and we needed something cheap. 

This feeling was indescribable, I learned that you don't have to go far to see that the world is in hunger, you just need to open your eyes and see your surroundings to notice it.

For next time, something I would change could be to be more organized sice many kids got to eat less than others because other ones cheated to get more.

Habit 5

Habit 5 is all about listening to people and how people not listen to others by spacing out, pretend listening, selective listening, word listening, and self centered listening. 



The type of not-listening that describes me the most is pretending listening, there are many times that I pretend to listen to other but I don't, I'm thinking of other things and not paying attention.



5 tips for on how to be a good listener.  

1. Look for hints that a person wants to talk — and signal your willingness to listen. 
2. Let the other person explain what’s on his or her mind. 
3. Encourage the person to elaborate.
4. Paraphrase what someone said.
5. Ask questions and listen to try to help work on a possible solution — but don’t rush to fix things.

WIN-WIN

Examples of relationships or experiences from your life of a lose-lose, win.lose, and win-win relationship. 

Lose-lose: Once I wanted for dinner a hot dog but everybody wanted tacos, since I didn't wanted tacos I told my dad that no one wanted anything.

Win-lose: I had to be early to my soccer game and so did my brother, but mine was more important, so my mom left me first after a discussion we had.

Win-win: I sold my bike to someone that needed it and with the money I earned from it I bought myself another better bike.


What are your biggest challenges in creating win-win relationships in your life? 

There are some times that someone was to end up loosing because there is no other way, so trying to win-win is not always posible.

Acts of Kindness

    What is the biggest relationship deposit a friend has made with you?

     My friend Andrea has been one of my best friend since kindergarden. She has always been nice to me and we get along really well.

·       What is the biggest relationship deposit a family member has made with you?

      My mom is the one that understands me the most. We get along really well and we understand each other.

·       What is the biggest withdrawal someone has made with you?  Were you able to repair that relationship?

     I had a best friend in California, he was very nice, he always invited me anywhere and we understood each other. Unfortunately I had to move back to Mexico so I never got to see him again.

·       Have you ever made a deposit with a stranger? What did you do?

      Yes, this one time I was standing in the sidewalk waiting for my mom to come so I see this girl that look really nice so I come up to her and say hi. This was the start of a really nice conversation.

     One act of kindness I have done in my community:

     

      I went to "el comedor" where I made and gave a breakfast to more than 40 children. There we played with them and had fun. Another act of kindness that a made was to pay the dinner of my friends. These to acts certainly had a positive effect among everyone, for me and the ones that I helped.

Gratitude Letter

 I felt and really good at the time Zulema, my housekeeper, smiled when I read her the letter. She was really happy since I had never given her a sing of gratitude to her.

Gene 23 Integration Challenge

This challenge helped us knew new people from our generation. I made new friends which I still talk to them today. I really enjoyed this activity, it was really fun since we were tied together with some strings. When someone wanted to go somewhere everybody needed to agree and this was really hard specially to us since we were like six and even harder for me because everybody wanted to run and I was injured. This activity was pretty good I wouldn't change a thing.

Gratitude Journal

MONDAY
-A new week started.

TUESDAY
-My mom made me food.

WEDNESDAY
-My hair is longer

THURSDAY
-I didn't have too much homework.

-FRIDAY
-I went well in the math quiz.