Name : Morano, Aaron Gabriel M.
Subject : Personal Development
Yr. & Section : 1208-STEM. Date : _______________
Entry #: 9 – HOW MINDFUL AM I?
For each of the following situations, decide whether the person followed these guidelines for mindful speech:
Is what I want to say True? Is what I want to say Helpful? Am I the best one to say it? Is it necessary to say it
Now? Is it Kind to this person and others?
For each number, mark √ for yes, X for no, or ? if you’re not sure. There could be more than one 'correct'
answer. The purpose of this activity is to reflect on the situations and whether you've witnessed or experienced
something similar in your own life.
1. I did really well on an exam. I said to my friends, “I got the top score. What did you get?”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke?✓T XH XI XN XK
2. One of my friends was bragging about getting a good score on a test, and I didn't want to tell him I failed. I
said, "Congratulations!" then started talking about something else.
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H XI XN XK
3. People kept telling me about this strange color Mrs. Jenkins dyed her hair. When I saw her, I didn't think it
looked that bad, so I told her, “Your hair’s not as weird as everyone says it is.”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T XH XI XN XK
4. A woman with a big belly was about to enter the building. I told my friend, “We need to go open the door for
that lady. She’s pregnant.”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H XI XN ✓K
5. A boy told his friend to hold the door open for me because I’m pregnant. I said, “Hey, I’m not pregnant! You
saying’ I’m fat?”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? XT XH XI XN XK
6. A boy told his friend to hold the door open for me because I’m pregnant. I said, “Thank you for holding the
door, but I’m actually not pregnant.”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H XI XN ✓K
7. I saw a couple of kids cheating on a test. I went up to the teacher after class and told him what I’d seen. Did I
T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H ✓I ✓N ✓K
8. I saw a girl looking at her phone during a test. I went up to the teacher after class and told him she was
cheating. Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H ✓I ✓N ✓K
9. I saw Maria’s boyfriend leaving the movie theater with another girl. I called Maria and said her boyfriend was
cheating on her.
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? XT XH XI XN XK
10.I saw Maria’s boyfriend leaving the movie theater with another girl. I went up to them and said hi, and asked
“Where’s Maria tonight?”
Did I T.H.I.N.K. before I spoke? ✓T ✓H XI XN XK
Remember: T.H.I.N.K. Before You Speak. Have Mindful Speech.
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Reflection
Analyze each case on how Mindful Am I? answer the following questions:
1. Has someone ever asked you a question that you really didn't want to answer? How did you
respond?
- Yes, sometimes they always question me about why I still wear a mask. Then, I answer with
some goofy response as I can, then change the subject as quickly as possible because I don't
like talking about my insecurities.
2. Have you ever gotten (or given) a “compliment” that really wasn’t a compliment? How did you feel
afterwards?
- Well, they quite often tell me that I'm always hyper. I know it's sarcastic and not really what
they meant, so it's a bit uncomfortable. Sometimes, it feels like they're poking fun at me, even
though I know they probably don't mean any harm by it.
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3. Did you ever do something to be helpful that turned out badly? What happened? What do you wish
had happened?
There was this one time when I was helping my dad move a glass to the back of his car. He gave me
instructions on what to do, but I wasn't sure how to handle it, and I ended up breaking the glass. I
wish I had understood the instructions better before i broke it.
4. Have you ever caught someone cheating (either on a test or on a boyfriend/girlfriend)? Did you say
anything? Why or why not?
- Yes, I did cheat, and I was caught cheating in my math class in grade 11. There was a leak of
the quiz that our teacher was going to give later that day, but then the teacher suddenly came to
our room and scolded me because she saw me with the test questions written on a paper. I tried
to reason with her, but she got even more mad. So, all of us who took the leak made an apology
letter to pass to our teachers and ask for forgiveness.
5. Have you ever gotten in trouble because you were not mindful of what you say or do? What
happened? What do you wish had happened?
- So, there was this one time when my father gave me instructions to buy something, but I was
playing at that time, so I suddenly raised my voice, knowing the consequences that would
happen. Then, suddenly, my father shut down the wifi and scolded me, giving me the
punishment of facing the wall for at least an hour to think or reflect from the thing that i had
done. What I really wanted to happen was to say, 'Please wait a moment, I shouldn't have raised
my voice.
Remember: T.H.I.N.K. Before You Speak. Have Mindful Speech.
