This document provides instructions for an activity where participants draw a lifeline to plot the high and low points in their lives. They are asked to draw two lifelines, one for their personal life and another for their relationships and community. After completing the lifelines, participants are prompted to reflect on patterns in the high and low points, insights into themselves, and the meaning of the song "Time After Time". The purpose is to recognize the constants in their lives that have been with them through all experiences.

1. NCA Leadership Journey Batch 7
Preparatory Activity 2
August 3, 2012

2. LIFELINE

4. For the second activity, let’s go
chronological. Get a sheet of paper.
Kindly draw a long horizontal line. This
will be your LIFELINE. Kindly copy the
image that was shown for reference.

5. Plot your life experiences on the lifeline below. ‘Highs’
may represent the high moments of happiness, joy,
achievements, etc., while ‘Lows’ may represent the more
reflective, challenging phases of your life.
For the first line, plot your lifeline that tackles your own
life (student-career life, physical/health, spiritual, love
life, etc.).
Get another pen with a different color. For the second
line, plot your lifeline that tackles your life in relation
with others (family, clan, friends/social life,
community/nation, etc.).

6. What did you feel while you were
doing the activity? Why?
Let’s study your life line.
What were the high points of your
life? Low points?

7. What was common in your high
points? Why?

8. What was common in your low
points? Why?

9. What insights can you draw about
your life based from the life line?
What did you realize about yourself
and your history?

10. Let’s watch Matchbox 20’s version of
Cindy Lauper’s Time after Time.

11. Did you like the song?
What does the song say to you?

12. What’s your most favorite line?
Why?

13. IF YOU’RE LOST, YOU CAN LOOK, AND
YOU WILL FIND ME, TIME AFTER TIME.
IF YOU FALL, I WILL CATCH YOU, I WILL
BE WAITING, TIME AFTER TIME.

14. In our own journey, we have
experienced so many things –
surprises, proud moments, happy
times, bad days, tragedies and
failures.

15. And in all of these experiences, it
seems that there was someone who
was constant.

16. The challenge for us is to
acknowledge that constant in our
lives – through high points and low
points.

17. It is in this recognition that we can
fully embrace our personal history,
personal journey – that no matter
what, there will be someone who will
be with us.

18. NCA Leadership Journey Batch 7
Preparatory Activity 2
August 3, 2012