| Friday Focus |
November 9, 2007
| Dear Families and Friends, This month our school is taking part in Operation Christmas Child. For more information about Operation Christmas Child, log on to www.samaritanspurse.org. |
| Christmas Shoeboxes Due |
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This year our school will once again be a part of this worldwide project. Our community will collect over 200 shoe boxes. All of our shoeboxes are to be returned to school by next Friday, November 17. We will take them to a nearby collection center. There may be other families in your local church who may ask your child to return shoeboxes to school. Thanks for helping them out! I appreciate your help with this project as we work together to share the true message of Christmas with children around the world. These boxes will reach children and families around the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Countless lives will be changed as a result of our generosity. |
| Bring Hope to the Table |
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Our food drive dates are November 1-30. A barrel is located on the patio to receive your donation. Below is a shopping list of urgently needed items:
Thank you for your help during the holiday season.
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| Sincerely, Robert J. Robinson, Principal
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| Happiness is an elusive state of mind. Everybody wants it. Some people make themselves miserable in pursuit of it. Still others try to be happy while hurting the people around them. Lots of people complain about the lack of it — and blame work, family, fate, or God for their sadness. I don't have a simplistic formula to offer you. And I would warn you to keep a safe distance from anyone who does! But I ran across some research a while back that makes a lot of sense. Most people appear to have one or both of the following expectations about happiness: It is directly related to (1) my circumstances or (2) finding the right person to make me happy. Both beliefs are dangerously false! First, salary, “stuff”, status, sex, and the typical trappings we link to success don't always make a positive difference in someone's life. Sometimes they only raise the level of stress. One of the happiest people I ever knew didn't finish high school, was a double amputee due to severe diabetes, and had a retarded daughter. He took pride in his work. He smiled easily and often. He was more interested in other people than he was worried about himself. In fact, I never got the impression that he begrudged any of the things about his life that worried others for his sake. Second, nobody should have the too-heavy-burden of trying to make another human being happy. It can't be done! The term “co-dependency” has been coined for people who are expecting others to fill up their empty buckets. Don't expect the impossible of anyone in your world. If somebody is looking to you for his or her happiness, resign that miserable task today before it kills you. A psychologist at Claremont University says the happiest people are those who engage in absorbing activities that cause them to forget themselves, lose track of time, and consider many of the things they do both work and play. The term he uses for this phenomenon is "flow." People who — to use Jesus' language — “lose their lives” bringing sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from creeping into their own! It is your life's inner purpose rather than its externals that will provide real peace. How about it? Do you know how to go with the flow? |
One
in four children in San Francisco doesn’t get enough to
eat. By participating in our holiday food drive, you can bring
hope to the table of nearly 150,000 San Franciscans living with
the daily threat of hunger.
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