DELTA THETA CHI SORORITY NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL OUTLINE LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE LIVE SIMPLY LAUGH OFTEN. LOVE FuLLY

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1 DELTA THETA CHI SORORITY NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL OUTLINE LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE LIVE SIMPLY LAUGH OFTEN LOVE FuLLY The National Educational Committee Becky Kueffer, National Educational Chair Helen Webb, Alcyone Province Charlene Davis, Celaeno Province Pat Glidewell, Electra Province Virginia Stull, Sterope Province Tina Taylor, Taygeta Province

2 LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE LIVE Definition: Short for alive, the physical and mental experiences of an individual. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Also available in movie form. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper and Cecil Murphy Full Tilt Living by Maureen Smith To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Godmother Series by Fern Michaels The Scoop Exclusive Late Edition Deadline Breaking News Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin Younger Next Year by Henry Lodge Five Good Minutes by Jeffrey Brantley & Wendy Millstine Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs A Tiger s Wife by Tea Obreht Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion by Dawna Markova

3 Wouldn t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou God s Guest List by Debbie Macomber Become a Better You by Joel Osteen The Salutation of the Dawn from The Sanskrit Movie Saving Private Ryan directed by Stephen Speilberg Other ideas: Participate as a chapter in at least one Race for the Cure event or volunteer to assist with the event in your area. Enjoy an outdoor play or concert performance. Do an anonymous random act of kindness as a chapter or at least once a quarter. At the beginning of each meeting take 10 minutes to discuss one member s life and important events until each chapter member has had the opportunity to share her life story. As a chapter, take a dance or exercise class. Visit the zoo or a nature park. Eat your favorite foods or visit your favorite restaurant as a chapter. Enjoy a speaker from a local book or speakers club at a meeting. LAUGH Definition: To show mirth, joy, smile, and chuckle.

4 Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death by Barbara Johnson I Didn t Ask to Be Born: (But I m Glad I Was) by Bill Cosby Fatherhood by Bill Cosby Time Flies by Bill Cosby Love and Marriage by Bill Cosby Bossypants by Tina Fey Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there? by Whoopi Goldberg If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won t) by Betty White One More Time by Carol Burnett This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection Carol Burnett The Joys of Aging and How to Avoid Them by Phyllis Diller The Complete Mother by Phyllis Diller At Wits End by Erma Bombeck Forever Erma: Best Loved Writing from America s Favorite Humorist by Erma Bombeck Biography of the following: Gracie Allen, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, or Roseanne Baar, Kids Say the Darndest Things! by Art Linkletter Old Age is Not for Sissies by Art Linkletter I Dood It! by Red Skelton Other ideas: Attend a Yoga Laughter class.

5 Have a girl s only PJ party complete with reruns of classic comedies, i.e., The Carol Burnett Show, Abbott and Costello, Lucille Ball or your favorite. Play charades. Have a funniest costume contest for Halloween. Go to a comedy club. Go out and sing karaoke. LOVE Definition: To feel passion, devotion, tenderness, caress or pleasure in affection. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Also available in movie form. She Walks in Beauty, A Woman s Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips Adverbs by Daniel Handler A Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Also available in movie form. Friends Forever by Danielle Steele In His Steps by Rev. Charles Sheldon The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks Loving What Is: Four Questions that will Change Your Life by Byron Katie Learning to Love by Eknath Easwaran

6 Friendship is a Blessing Inspirational Reflections from Hallmark Gift Books. Movie Love Springs Love Story The Awful Truth Other ideas: Volunteer for a day at a homeless shelter, help prepare meals or organize supplies. Read books to children. Explore the studies in the scientific and medical fields that discuss what goes on in the brain when a person falls in love. Have an evening sharing or exchanging your favorite books. Visit local museums. LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE