Excellent analogy, Chana. Two nights ago we went to see the revival of "South Pacific" (Lincoln Center) where one song says the same thing...
You've got to be taught To hate and fear, You've got to be taught From year to year, It's got to be drummed In your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade, You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late, Before you are six or seven or eight, To hate all the people your relatives hate, You've got to be carefully taugh
*********************** Chana's wet cement says the same thing in a more general sense. Thank you, Chana.
Posted By Harold Braunstein, Brooklyn, NY via chabadmanhattanbeach.com
Posted: Feb 4, 2010
clay in our hands
This is beautiful. I am finding so many of these articles and commentaries to be so wonderful. The metaphor is so true and it's one I will repeat as a therapist and to others. I work with clay and do ceramics. Yes, when the clay is soft, the imprint is so easy to make, and surely with children, we must be careful, because we have such power, and we need to think carefully what we say, how we say it, and always to do it with love. I know we do not forget and that children are so especially sensitive to what' said, how it is said, and it does impact them, deeply. We need each other. We knead each other.
Posted By ruth housman, marshfield hills, ma
Posted: Feb 4, 2010
You are absolutely right. Well said, excellently thought out
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