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1. Choose a favorite color and favorite animal - paint!

2. Choose an animal and look up 3 or 4 facts about it that make it
   special, a gem. Write a poem or story which incorporates those
   facts.

3. Think of someone in your life who is an agate, a secret jewel -
   tell why.

4. Think of someone in your life who is a gem, someone you admire -
   tell why.

5. Think of a time you felt "clumsy, disjointed, and loose."
   What could you do differently to change that next time a
   similar situation arises?

6. Think of a time when you felt like a gem, when things were going
   just right for you. How did that feel? What could you do to
   get that feeling more often?

7. What is special about you? - Maybe something not everybody
   knows...

8. Think of opposites - things you (we) have versus things you (we)
   want, as in "we're a malcontented bunch."
   What is reasonable or reallistic to want?