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Pause 4 Thought

13 February 2020

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.’ – Nelson Mandela

This week we considered how easy it is to get caught up in a web of lies. What starts as a slight omission or exaggeration, can trip us up and before we know it we find ourselves fabricating stories and explanations to get us out of the trap we find ourselves caught in.

Using a bowl of ice-cream, some salt and squeezy strawberry sauce, we explored how a lie (the salt) can be covered up (the strawberry sauce) – but you still know the salt is there, and can taste it. The only way to put it right is to clean the whole bowl out and start again. It can be hard to be honest, but messier still to deal with clearing up after the lie.

We revisited the story of Joseph (of technicolour dreamcoat fame) and his brothers: their deceit caused enormous pain to their father, and ‘clearing up’ that lie took many years.

I hope that you have a good half-term break with suitable amounts of relaxation and rejuvenation..

Mrs D-C

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