To give a little background information on what my Support Group sessions are about... I'm currently doing a Counselling module in school, which entails us going through 6 weekly Support Group sessions. Each Support Group has 5 students and 2 facilitators who're counsellors themselves. The idea of a "Support Group" is such that when someone shares something, be it an opinion, problem or anything, the rest of the group will "support" with our own views, comments or possible solutions from our past experiences. The objective is that from the interaction with our facilitators and group members, we'd gain a better understanding of ourselves, and also learn to better cope with stress and challenges in life.
Just a few days ago, we concluded our Support Group sessions. Time flies, it's been 6 weeks. Over the 6 weeks, we described ourselves using objects, drew our life stories (yes that's mine up there, which looks extremely kiddish and unprofessional) and shared them, explored our personalities, as well as discussed our thoughts and struggles in life. I daresay I've gained a fair bit of insight from these sessions. I'm blessed to have awesome facilitators, and more than awesome groupmates.
Thank God for the 6 sessions. 21 years of my life were put into perspective, not to mention having the privilege to listen to others' life stories, with the last two sessions discussing each of our greatest strengths, weaknesses, failures, and successes. All of this I haven't really given much thought to, so it was hugely interesting. Well, I guess I learnt a little more about myself in the process... At least, it made me reflect a lot.
And the main takeaway I have from the 6 sessions is that who we are today is largely made up of what we went through yesterday. Some of us have been through difficult times, crushing moments, and we thought we could never come through, but we did and are all here today. It's a reminder that everything happens for a reason. For His reason. There's gonna be more to come in the future, but what can we not go through? 'Cos at the end of the day, there is Hope. (Jer. 29:11)
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