Mental Health Month | Those Heartwarming Moments

In this challenging world, we often remember to care for others but easily forget that the one needing care most is ourselves. This May, our school specially created the 'Self-Care Fuel Station', offering a unique mental spa for all pupils, parents and staff! Last Friday marked the successful conclusion of Mental Health Month—let us revisit those healing and empowering moments together! 

Here, we encountered magical jars filled with colourful beads. Each jar represented a beautiful trait— ‘courage’, ‘kindness’, ‘creativity'. As transparent jars gradually filled with vibrant beads, they formed not just recognition of personal qualities, but a collective web of self-affirmation woven by our entire school community. Watching the jars fill up, we realised: ‘I possess so many wonderful qualities!’ 

Long queues always formed at the ‘Emotion Puppy Adoption Corner’ in the hall. Over 500 handmade ‘Emotion Puppies’ found their owners, each expressing different emotions. The accompanying Adoption Guidebook was filled with adoption diaries—every word gently embracing emotions. 

In the ‘My Self-Esteem Shield’ painting zone, some wrote about their favourite sports, others drew family smiles, some inscribed idols' quotes, while others filled shields with rainbows and stars. A teacher remarked: ‘Everyone carries their own personal source of energy within.’

People wrote down their self-care strategies: ‘Run three laps on the track,’ 'Text a friend 'I need you,'' ‘Listen to a favourite song,’‘Smile at the mirror...’ These capsules were sorted into transparent jars, ready to be drawn whenever healing was needed. True healing hides in life's smallest details.

‘Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.’ Thank you to every parent, teacher and pupil who participated wholeheartedly—your sincerity made this soulful journey truly warm. 

Though the ‘Self-Care Fuel Station’ has concluded, it has planted a seed that can take root in every heart, blossoming into unique flowers of life. Self-care is not a momentary ritual—it is a lifelong practice. In times of weariness or confusion, remember: You are worthy of love—unconditionally. Like beads filling self-care jars, your authentic self shines uniquely. Like adopted emotion puppies, every feeling deserves gentle acceptance. 

May we carry the courage and warmth gained from these activities forward on our self-care journeys. Do not fear stumbling or fret over imperfection—every moment of self-acceptance and self-compassion creates life's most beautiful scenery.

You do not have to be perfect to be worthy of love — and it begins with treating yourself kindly.