During school today, I presented my daughter with these two spoons. The one on the left has coffee grounds, a chunk of old toast, empty grape vine and a strip of fruit snack wrapper. The other had honey.Me: "Which would you like to eat?"
Noelle: (after giving me a quizzical look) "The one with the honey."
Me: "Why?"
Noelle: "Because it is sweet and looks good."
Me: (Wiggling the garbage spoon a bit) "Well, why don't you want this one?"
Noelle: "Because it is yucky and full of gross stuff."
Me: "Where do you think I got this stuff?"
Noelle: "Um...from the garbage?"
Me: "Right! God says in Proverbs 16:24, "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."
We had a great conversation about how important it is to speak good and kind words to people, because people don't want to hear meanness and other garbage coming out of our mouth. I think this was a very powerful lesson that she will always remember!
The kids teacher used an example of having a student squeeze some toothpaste out onto a plate and the told the student to put the toothpaste back into the tube. The little girl looked at her with confusion and the teacher explained that that is how ugly words are once you say them they are out there and as much as you try they can't be unsaid.
ReplyDeleteI like your example alot too! :)
Awesome job mama!
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