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Appreciation - Towards creativity through real enjoyment

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It was another Wednesday on the 17th of October, 2018 . We all went into the Vidya Jyothi Prof. V.K. Samaranayake Auditorium as the Enhancement lecture was about to begin. We were excitedly awaiting the arrival of a famous character of the country. Emeritus Mr. Jayalal Rohana was the guest lecturer for the day. A well-known character in the broadcasting industry. The Topic for the day, "Towards creativity through real enjoyment" , was based around appreciation. His charismatic personality was more than adequate to provide us with a good knowledge on the relevant topic of the day. He started getting into the topic step by step by including a lot of humor and life stories of his, and this made the audience get involved in the lecture rather than other lectures. The base of the lecture was well set with diverse stories he came up with and even though it was humor, there was a deep learning in all of them if you look back for a moment. Music is a universal language that sp

"Positive thinking" - changing your thoughts for a better life

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Positive Thinking The Enhancement lecture scheduled on Wednesday was about to begin as we took our seats as usual in the Prof. V.K. Samaranayake auditorium . The guest lecturer for the day was none other than Prof. Daya Rohana Athukorala , who is a famous writer, editor, counsellor and a teacher in the country. He specializes in the field “Positive thinking” which was also the topic that was given for the day. Life has many aspects that can influence the well-being of a human. Controlling yourself within your mind is very important, to maintain a healthy life fulfilling key aspects of life such as self-belief, trust, happiness, emotional intelligence etc. This process of controlling is simply identified as “Positive thinking”. Prof. Daya Rohana Athukorala commenced the lecture and continued on using many examples from day to-day experiences which shed light to many of the issues that the youth of the 21 st century face. Positive thinking mainly focuses on emotional sta