People Puzzle

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Just as the human race has made up of many people very much alike, yet a little different from each other, so each of us has many different moods and feelings. What kind of feelings do these scenes give you? . . . . . . .

. . . . Sometimes people cause us to have feelings. Can you name the feelings shown in this scene? . Yes, there was love, a lot of it, from mother and son. But as it often happens, little sister became jealous when she saw mother hugging big brother. But that feeling went away soon when mother showed that she had enough love for both of them. .

A gift can bring happiness to two people at one time. Happiness and joy to receive something you like very much. Or by giving someone something you know that they like. Some other feelings go along with giving and receiving. Grace is thankful for the gift and feels she's lucky to have such a thoughtful friend like Sue, who remembered her birthday. And Sue's feeling of happiness is made even greater because her friend is so willing to share the gift. . We have a feeling of some kind at almost every moment of our lives. Some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant. . .

But feelings are strange things. They just don't happen all about themselves right out of nowhere. Something causes them. Here is someone we shall call Mr. Feeler. Let's make him feel good. He can feel pleased by something he hears. He can feel excited by something he hears. Or he can feel sad and disappointed by what he hears. Henry, time to take your bath. He can feel happy with something he sees.

Or frightened by something he sees. That smell makes him feel good. But that smell. So we find out that Mr. Feeler is affected a lot by his senses. And here's another one which he likes very much. That taste is good. The touch of the sun on his skin makes him feel good today. But yesterday it made him feel uncomfortable. Too hot. And tomorrow the weather forecast is for rain which will make him feel sad. So we see that Mr. Feeler is made to feel in many different ways from the outside.

By smelling things, by seeing, by hearing, by tasting things and by things touching. But there is one more important place where feelings begin. In our mind. When Mr. Feeler thinks of summer vacation, he feels happy. When he thinks of losing his dog, he feels sad. When he thinks of having a test at school tomorrow, he feels worried. And when he remembers that mother and dad have gone away for the weekend and left him with friends, he feels lonesome.

And when he wakes up from a bad dream, he feels afraid. Sometimes things both from the outside and the inside cause Mr. Feeler to have a feeling. If he thinks the sound at the door is caused by a burglar, he'll feel afraid. If he thinks the sound at the door is caused by his friend from next door, he'll feel happy. But when he finally went to the door and opened it, he saw that it was only the postman who had put a letter in the mailbox. He has a feeling of joy that the sound wasn't caused by. And he's sorry it wasn't.

But he sees that the letter is from his grandmother, so he is happy again. Our friend sure had it bad for a minute. First afraid, then happy, then disappointed, then happy, then sad, then glad. I'd say our friend was filled with many different feelings all at the same time. But after all, it ended with something nice, so he's happy. And most of all, he is certainly glad that his feelings can change real fast. Sally is lonely.

Her mother has tried to cheer her up by suggesting things to do around the house. But none of those ideas appeal to her. It's her friends, she wants. And it just doesn't seem right that they should all go away on vacation at the same time. It's a miserable feeling to be lonely, nobody to play with. So once more, she runs to the places where they usually meet, hoping she won't be alone. Right now, Sally is probably the most lonely little girl in town. She's always counted on other people to keep her mind busy.

If her friends were not away, she probably would have spent the day writing the bike with Betsy. Arguing with Tommy, or taking time out for refreshments with Alice. Sally hasn't learned yet that there are many times when we must be alone. She hasn't discovered that she can find many interesting ways to take up her time. She hasn't used her imagination. The library has more books than we could read in a lifetime, and if we spent just an hour or two there every week, we'd find many things we didn't know before. There are lots of interesting things about tropical fish that Sally will never know until she takes time to look for them. Did you know that Angel Fish cleaned their eggs every day?

She's passed the strange building so many times all those glass windows, but she's never thought what she might find inside. So, because she now thinks that other people are the only way to keep from being lonely, she's very unhappy, and not too willing to try something else. Longness is a very unpleasant feeling, so we must learn of ways to avoid it. By learning of ways to become interested in things as well as people. Hi.

I live around the corner, and the green house I just moved in last week. I just moved here yesterday. Well, at least there's too much. I don't even see one other kid in this neighborhood. Oh, my name's Maria. My name's Barbara. I was just running my bike around to see if I could see someone to play with, because I hate being alone. There'll be lots of people to meet when school starts again. Yeah, but today's what I'm feeling lonely. Until I met you, we can be friends, can't we? Sure. Let's take my bike and find our fun places around here. Well, I can't right now. I have to stay into my father's house. Maybe you wouldn't have to if you asked your mother.

I won't have a mother. She's dead. I'm sorry. That's all right. I was just a baby when she died. Oh, that's terrible. I mean, if my mother, oh, I just died. Don't feel bad. It's strange. Everybody always acts like that. Aren't you long film? Don't you miss, you're deadly silly. Of course, we'll be nice to have a mother. But how can I miss somebody I've never known? Come on. Let's go over my house and get some cookies. Come on. A night to. A night to my father falls. They're not talking about me. Okay. I'll just be in the car. Marie hates being alone. But we will all find many times during life when we must be alone.

By using those times to find ways of not thinking about loneliness, we can make it a lot easier for ourselves. Well, the time comes that someone we love does go away forever. I can't find top to my pajamas. Well, let's see. Where would mother put the pajama tops? They usually go with the bottoms, don't they? Yes, I suppose. When is mother coming at home? I was just at the hospital.

The doctor said the next week. I can't find the right one either. This one doesn't match, but it'll have to do. Mother probably knows where the right one is. That makes it kind of important around here, doesn't it? We both miss her. But you miss her more than I do, because I get a chance to see her. The hospital doesn't allow young people to visit. But mother sent you something. You said to tell her boy, she wasn't very much. What I had is awful feeling inside, like I want to cry all the time she's gone. I know.

It's a terrible feeling. But you know, when I hear you say that, I know that you love mother very much. It sounds strange to make love with a feeling that hurts. But it's because you love that it hurts. Let me tuck you in. Daddy? Yes. I remember feeling like this one smoked and got rid of me. That was a long time ago. I thought you'd forgotten about that puppy. And what girl are these feelings? What was that hurt? Well, in order for us to grow up, so we can understand ourselves and other people, it's important to have all kinds of feelings. In many ways, they tell us how important something or someone is to us.

I guess you can say that good feelings are like the sunshine on a tree that helps make it grow. Maybe sad feelings are like the rain. But the tree needs water. And maybe being real lonesome is like a storm being against the tree. But the tree grows strong and the storm doesn't break it. Then one day, the tree is all grown up. It's strong and handsome because it took all at different kinds of weather to make it what it is. It developed good character. Good character is learning to live with all the feelings we have from day to day. Loving when we should love. Being thoughtful when we should be. Being strong enough to stand up the unpleasant feeling. And being wise enough to remember that at some time, everybody has had the very same feelings we have. And Mother must be so sad because she can't see me. I know she loves me. That's probably quite true. Oh, Dad.

I will feel sad anymore. Tomorrow night to feel sad. Tell her I love her. Somehow I think she knows that. I love her. I love her. I love her.

I love her.