Lesson Help from Vicki
 

The focus of the lesson is to "not underrate ourselves", but to develop an attitude about ourselves to help us succeed." I found round geode rocks that haven't been cracked open. They are in Oriental Trading Magazine, sold by the dozen. Holding one up, I will ask the girls if they can see anything about the rock that would make it attractive or worthwhile. I want to lead them to say the rock is pretty boring, rough, and not very special looking.

Then I'll take a hammer and crack the geode rock open to expose the beautiful crystals inside. Somehow I want to interject "Can you believe that?", etc.

The point is to believe in themselves and recognize that even the most unlikely of Heavenly Fathers creations has undiscovered inner beauty that makes it of great worth yada, yada, yada.

The lesson ends with this thought: "One of the greatest challenges is to overcome the feeling that we are not important. Our life has a purpose. We were born to succeed and to become like God."

Each girl will receive a handout quote with a geode rock to crack open.

After exhausting my own resources, I finally asked my Laurel daughter to help write a poem, and (yippee) this is what she created. Each girl will receive a geode along with the poem:

Inside my precious stone of strength
Inherent success and beauty begin.
Once radiantly opened to the world,
My light of Christ shines from within.