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What is Friendships Best-5?

Objective

•To strengthens our relationship with ourselves and others.

Why might you care?

•Have you ever needed to:

·         Gain positive perspective on a bad day?

·         Help a friend regain a positive perspective?

·         Remind people with problems this too will pass?

·         Share the good in your life with a friend?

·         Reinforce the love you feel for others?

·         End your day on a positive note?

Life view quiz

•This quiz can help determine how you view life.

·         Time frame (since this time yesterday)

·         What were 5 problems/bad things which happened to you?

·         What were 5 positive things that happened to you?

•Which were the easiest for you to find in your life?

•Life gives us positive and negative wonders every day. Look for the positive.

What is Friendships Best-5

•On a daily basis record the Best-5 things that happened to you in the last 24 hours.

•You must find at least 5 good things.

•Make the statements very short, sentences are not required.

·         If you miss days make them up as soon as possible.

·         If you cannot remember after a few days find more things for this week and fill in the past days.

What does the Friendships part mean?

•Friendships Best-5 will take on a unique meaning as you apply it to your life.

•Sharing your Friendships Best-5 with a friend or two makes it more fun; Many loose interest without friends inspiration and support.

•In hard times your friends can remind you life gets better one day at a time.

•As you review your Friendships Best-5 experiences, the negative fades over time.

Friendships Best-5 is always available.

•Even if you choose not to keep Friendships Best-5 on a regular basis it can still be a valuable friend who is always there.

·         When I am depressed, down or something bad is going on in my life, I personally gain a lot of strength from Friendships Best-5.