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“SERVING OTHER SELFLESSLY”

Homeroom Guidance Period

January 15, 2013



Objectives:

At the end of the period, the students should beable to:

1. become aware of their attitude towards

others;2. recognize the talents they are blessed

with;

3. realize that serving others unselfishly isthe greatest thing one can do.



ENERGIZER:



--The class will be divided into two.

--Each group should have a representative

to act out the names of people for their

group to guess.

--The words that you will guess are all

related.

--After the game, you will relate all the

words that you have guessed. The person

who will, will be able to garner additional

1pt. for her group.



Processing:



In a small village of Calcutta, there

lived a wise old man named Barabas.

He was well respected and admired by

the villagers. One day a young mannamed Balabas asked if he would take

him as a student. Barabas saw the

determination in his eyes so he said“yes”.



Days turned into years, and Barabas

shared to the young man all hisstories, adventures, and all the lessons

in life that he learned. Soon Balabas

reaches his manhood while Barabas

was surrendering to death. On his

deathbed, the great teacher instructed

Balabas to unselfishly share what he

has.



When Barabas passed away the

villagers turned to Balabas forguidance. He would help them out but

only when they can give something in

return. So Balabas received goods andgold and he was very pleased, for

when he asked Barabas to take him in

as a student, all he wanted was to gain

fame and fortune.



One day, a young man came to him

and asked if he could learn from the

wise teacher. Balabas answered in an

angry voice, “I worked hard to get

where I am now, and no one can takemy place! Go and learn on your own!”

The following day while Balabas was

enjoying a sumptuous meal an oldman approached him and asked for a

piece of bread.



Balabas answered, “Oh you poor old

man, how will you pay me?” The old

man replied “I can only give you mygratitude”. “Go away! I don’t need

your gratitude, I have everything I

need! Balabas shouted.



That night, Balabas had a dream. In his

dream, he saw his teacher Barabas who

seemed very sad. And so Balabas askedhim, “Teacher, why do you look so sad?”

Barabas answered, “When I was thirsty for

knowledge, you pushed me away. And

when I was hungry you rebuked me”.

Surprised, Balabas asked, “How can I

quenched your thirst and satisfy your

hunger? When did you come to me for

help?”



Barabas answered, “I was the young man

you pushed away and I was the old manyou did not feed. Did I not teach you to

serve others and not ask for anything in

return? Have you forgotten what I taughtyou, that to serve others is a great thing

one can do? It will lead you to greatness

and will bring you true happiness morethan the riches and wealth that you have

accumulated”.



Balabas was awaken from his

nostalgia and finally came to his

senses. He woke up from his dream

and began to give out his fortune. Hecalled all the children of the village and

began to teach. He shared his food

with the hungry and broughthappiness to many people.



Guide Questions:

a. How are the two characters

different from each other?

b. Whose character are you more in

favor of? Why?c. What other stories from the Bible

do you think is the same as this?

d. What do those stories tell andwhat lessons can you get from them?



Answer the following questions in a

paper.



1. What talents do you have? Have you shared

these talents?2. If not, what do you think are the factors that

contribute to you not sharing these talents?

3. How has other people given you service? How

did you feel about being served?4. Have you served others as well? In what way?

How did you feel about serving other people?

5. What do you think would you be willing to do

now that you heard how being of service andhelp to others can make a difference and leave amark on someone else’s life?



Doing something in exchange

for something is not service.Rather, service where you

expect nothing in return are the

truest and most genuine formof service, the kind of service

that will not reap material gains

but heavenly rewards.

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