How much of your personality and beliefs come from your parents? What parts of us are important to who we are? What parts aren’t as important? What kinds of things can we gain and learn from making friends with different kinds of people? Are we necessarily more like the people we look like? What kind … Gaston
What are dreams? What are some different kinds of dreams? Is it important to have dreams? What are ways that people can hold fast to dreams? How could a dream die? How could a dream go? What are your dreams? How do you hold fast to them? Have you ever had a dream die? Here … Dream Keeper
How is one destined to be glum or happy? Is there destiny? Why do people feel so uncomfortable around an unhappy person? Is it wrong to be gloomy? Does one have the right to be unhappy? How does the kiss help Pout-Pout Fish to become cheerful? Is it okay to kiss someone you don’t know? … Pout-Pout Fish
What is happiness? What is joy? What is sadness? What is a good feeling? Is a good feeling the same as happiness? Is a bad feeling the same as sadness? What makes you happy? What makes you feel good? What makes you sad? What makes you feel bad? Activity: After the discussion, you can bring in … Little Brute Family
Just because you find something does that make it yours? Is there such a thing as an appropriate way to deal with death? Are the dog and rat certain that the rabbit is dead? How do they understand ‘death’? Why did dog and rat tie the rabbit to a kite if they weren’t sure it … Flat Rabbit
Are holes part of the world? Are holes physical objects? What are they made of? If holes are made of nothing, how do we perceive them? What makes something a hole? Does it have a shape? Do holes really exist? If you fill a hole, is it no longer a hole? Activity This activity takes … Hole
Are all animals beasts? What makes something a beast? Are the people in this room beasts? Can we have beasts inside of us? (In our mind, actions, thoughts, fears, etc.) Why do we think things that scare us are bad? Have you ever thought you were really different from someone else, and then realized that … Who is the Beast?
WHAT IS IT TO CREATE SOMETHING? Have the following things been created? If so, how? Trees Children Stories Pizza Clouds Ideas Bananas Leaves Rivers Paintings Gardens Colors Do you think something can exist without being created? Give an example. Do you think that someone made you? Why or why not? Do you have to be … Yellow and Pink
What is a memory? What is is like to remember something? Do you feel a certain way when you remember something? Why? What is it about the memory that makes you feel that way? What is your earliest memory? How would you feel if you lost your memory? (Amnesia) Why? Would that change the person … Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Rules and Reasoning Do rules require reasons? Can you have a good rule based on bad reasons? A bad rule based on good reasons? Are there any rules that don’t need reasons? What makes certain reasons good ones? How do we determine if a reason is a good one? Being and Doing Are there things … Why do I Have to Eat Off the Floor?
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