1. Surprise – the feeling
A. Think privately of a recent occasion when you felt surprised.
B. Continue thinking about:
1. Whether you are surprised quite often
2. How long the feeling of surprise usually lasts
3. Where (in your body) you generally feel surprised
C. Share your thoughts about 1, 2 and 3 with a talking partner.

2. Surprises – sorts
People talk about ‘pleasant’ surprises and ‘nasty’ surprises.
As a whole group, share some of the surprises you have had, and
see if you can agree:
1. whether most surprises in life are pleasant, or nasty?
2. whether most surprises in life (including accidents) could be
predicted with a little more thoughtfulness by people?
3. whether most surprises in life are planned by someone else,
or are just ‘surprises of life’?

3. Surprise – and life For further whole group discussion:
How much of life would you say was ‘surprising’?
2. Can you imagine a life in which there were no surprises,
not even ‘little’ ones?
3. How would you like to live such a life?
4. Can you imagine a life in which almost everything was a surprise?
5. Would it be a better life?
6. Better life or not, might it make you a better person?