1. Life Law #2 You Create Your Own Experience
Source: Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw

2. “This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.”
-William James

3. Quick - Write
In your notes, list 10 things in your life that you have control of.
I Have Control of: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10.

4. Quick - Write
Draw a T-Chart in your notes like the sample below. List 5 things in your life that you have no control of. Then list whether you have a positive or negative attitude about each.
Things I Cannot Control
My Attitude
Living with a step-parent
Positive
Being the youngest child
Negative
My parent’s income
Positive
My ethnicity
Positive

5. Quick - Write
Circle any negative attitudes you wrote in your notes. You can’t change your circumstances, but you can change your attitude. Take 3 minutes to write about how changing your attitude in the areas you circled might be beneficial.
Things I Cannot Control
My Attitude
Living with a step-parent
Positive
Being the youngest child
Negative
My parent’s income
Positive
My ethnicity
Positive

6. Nick Vujicic on Creating His Own Experience
Running Time: 4 minutes 33 seconds

7. Helen Keller on Creating Her Own Experience
Running Time: 7 minutes 11 seconds

8. Quick - Write
In your notes, take 5 minutes to write about 5 lessons you can learn from Nick and Helen about creating your own experience.

9. Putting Life Law #2 Into Action
We may not choose the circumstances, but we can choose our attitude
You, and you alone, are responsible for the experiences you have in life.

10. Activity Cards
With a small group, take a few minutes to discuss the content on the 8 activity cards.

11. Silent Reading
Read about creating your own experience on pages in the book entitled Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw.
Add to your Cornell notes any tips that are meaningful from the reading.

12. On Your Own