A Lion's Roar Cannot be Ignored

I just had a fantastic day. I started a new class with the students at Eagles Rising today - Self Discovery. It is time to do group activities and artistic expressions in exploring emotions, how to manage emotions, discovering more about their God-given personalities, etc. I think its going to be a lot of fun.

To get the ball rolling today we just started with the good 'ol "if you were an animal what animal would you be and why". Except that they had 10 minutes to either draw, prepare a skit, or write about it. What came out of this time was amazing.
One girl said she would be a lizard because if you chop its tail off it keeps going and for her people may try to cut her down or chop part of her off in life, but she will keep going.

One of the guys wrote an amazing poem about a lion's roar. I can't give it justice here, it was so well written, but here is the jist....He would be a lion because a lion's roar cannot be ignored. A lion's roar breaks through any racial group. It can be heard over all the lying, stealing, raping, and murders. It breaks through every attempt at reconciliation and re-structuring of the nation (speaking of South Africa). A lion's roar cannot be ignored.
Wow, it was powerful.

Of course, the most humorous was one of the guys who decided he would be a mouse so he could scour through my house and see what all I had around without being known. Ha ha. Young people, they think their so funny :)