When have you just not wanted to talk about things, when someone is asking you lots of questions about something that may have happened?
August’s dad asked ‘Was it really an ok day?’ Trying to dig deeper. ‘You’ve been so quiet all night long’... ‘But it was really ok?’
Even though August didn’t feel like talking, his dad’s questions ended with an honest open conversation.
August’s mum was trying to comfort and encourage him. Then August said ‘Words can’t change my face’.
No one has been hassling him about his face. So what made Auggy feel this way at this time?
- other’s actions are speaking louder than words. People noticed and reacted even when they were trying not to.
Why could Jack ask straight up questions about his face and make jokes without it making August upset?
- They are friends - you can laugh with your friends
- Perhaps this is the moment they have become close friends
- It’s sometimes harder to cope with people who are pretending they aren’t noticing when you know they are.
- Maybe honesty and openness comes after kindness and trust has been developed.
Precept - ‘Your deeds are your monuments’
August’s definition: ‘The things we do are more important than what we say or what we look like… Your deeds are like monuments, built with memories instead of stone’
‘The photograper looked like he just sucked on a lemon when he saw me’.
Activity:
We had a debate around the question: Is it better to be right or be kind?
What do you think? If you had the choice between being right and being kind, which would you chose?
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