My Uniqueness
- The participant understands differences on an individual level.
- The participant compares her/himself to her/his family members and notices the natural differences among them.
- The participant concludes that the difference is just the way life is and a general law.
- The participant expresses her/his individuality and what characterizes her/him from others.
- Defend the right to be different and the uniqueness of each person.
The facilitator makes sure to raise several points of difference that would lead the participants to think on an individual level.
Required Material: empty room for the participants to be able to relax on the floor.
The facilitator asks the participants to relax on the floor, to close their eyes and to think individually about the three main sources of difference or diversity within his/her family (gender – skin colour – temper – dreams and ambitions – taste in food – political thinking – dress code...)
Every participant expresses the three main individual differences (in his/her family) that she/he classifies as a priority.
The facilitator asks participants to share something new they learnt about themselves and about others, the differences about themselves and others need valuing and compassionate attention.
Every person represents a value due to his/her genuine dignity, uniqueness, and special personal experience, which enriches his/her community and society. Being aware of individual and collective uniqueness is a main factor for assuming personal identity, differentiating it from other identities. It is not enough for a person to discover that he/she is different; he/ she should be aware of what differentiates him/her and be able to express his/her difference.
