How Full is Your Bucket?

This semester I have been working on putting together a few more events and activities for our MK's/TCK's.  I have lots of ideas but I am not that crafty in seeing them all worked out.  I am thankful that one of our students, Allegra, has been able to help me out.  She has been a HUGE blessing to me!

We had the privilege to work with a group of children this afternon using the book: "How Full is Your Bucket".  The book talks about everyone having an "invisible bucket".  When our buckets are full we feel great but when our buckets are empty we feel horrible.  The books goes through the life of a boy who goes to school.  Through his interaction with people throughout the day he can see how his bucket is gets drained when mean and hurtful words are spoken to him.  However, as kind words and deeds are done to him his bucket get filled and that makes his day so much happier.  Then the boys can also see how he affects other people.  He has that same power to fill peoples buckets or to drain them.

When we finished reading the story the kids went around and took turns picking up a water droplet.  They had to decide if that water drop would either fill someone's bucket or drain someone's bucket.  Then they each got a couple of their own of water droplets in which they could practice saying life giving words in filling someone's bucket. And they were reminded of words and things they do that that drain other's bucket.  They each brought home their own little bucket with water droplets so they could have a reminder to be a person that fills other peoples' buckets.  

This is a cute little story and yet I think one that we as adults need to be reminded of as we go through our day.  Are we people who are dishing into others with our words and actions and filling others "buckets".  Or are we people that through our words and actions drain peoples bucket causing them to run on empty?