On Thursday 9 August, MLMC hosted Glen Gerreyn from the Hopeful Institute, who used the day to inspire our Year 8 students to take control of their lives and aim high.
He challenged the students to develop a vision for their lives and to overcome their limiting beliefs in order to set them on their path to achieve their goals. Glen was engaging and inspiring; the students responded to the challenges he set them.
Here are some student reflections of the experience:
I really liked Glen’s talk, all of the things he said I could relate to and I’m sure all of Year 8 could. I liked the analogy of the $100 note, where he said you could take a $100 note, place it in in mud, stamp on it and it will still be worth $100 — it’s important because it means you can make mistakes and come back from it; you dust yourself off and try again. — Matisse Fanfulla (Year 8 Jade)
Glen was very strong on positivity. He was teaching all of us how to have hope and the steps towards getting hope. He had many quotes that helped us all in some way or another. My favourite was: "I am stronger than what I know". Glen made us write down five goals we were going to set for nine areas of our lives. The nine areas were: professional/career goals, financial goals, family/friend goals, health and fitness goals, educational goals, spiritual/ethical goals, adventure/travel goals, community service goals and material goals (material goals meaning an object that you would like). Glen also said that there were six Hurdles of Hope: People that 'love' you, people that don’t love you, life, time, self doubt, negativity, and laziness. Glen had a lot of enthusiasm and was very helpful, helping us all change our ways of dealing with depression and sadness, to be happy and hopeful. — Seamus Coffey (Year 8 Red)
