Important Insights to a Wholesome Life

Life is hard and challenging -- we all know that, but the real question is how can we make our lives great and radiant out of the dark; well, I have an answer and it's called -- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Before school break for Christmas and New Year’s, Mrs. Paulson helped make HOPE Club embark on a mindful and eye-opening journey. Through the book of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy, a story of four friends travelling and conversing, HOPE Club was shown the powerful nature of perspective and the truth of life regarding perfection. Two potent substances that if mixed together correctly can help shine light into your life.

Perspective

Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse contains several statements that allude to perspective and remind us how this simple concept can have a major impact on our lives. As Mrs. Paulson read the book to HOPE Club, statements such as the two below illustrate the simple act of changing the way one looks at something. When you do something like this certain opportunities can be created. For instance, when life hits hard and one receives a bad grade, makes a mistake when playing a sport, or is overwhelmed with homework, the ability to see the silver lining in the bad allows one to grow their mind, body, and soul -- thus living a more wholesome life. Perspective is a skill, but a skill that anyone can harness. Through the simple yet powerful statements that show perspective in this book, it reminds us how perspective has the influence to shine a light in our life.

Perfection, Attainable?

Perfection is an illusion, as stated in the book, and for good reason. We humans can be faulty -- we aren’t robots! We can definitely strive to be the best we could be just like the book alludes to when it states that the relationship between two white ducks, despite seeming perfect, definitely has “a lot of frantic paddling going on.” This truth of life, once understood, is liberating as this opens up a whole new realm of possibilities that one can do; without the anxiety of having to be perfect, we can live through life continually improving, learning from every moment, and trying to be our best selves. All in all, in this meeting, Mrs. Paulson did well to help us remember to not strive for perfection, but for improvement.

I am thankful for Mrs. Paulson for reading to us The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. It was a wonderful, liberating, eye-opening experience and I hope you reading this can take some life virtues that were learned from the book in this blog post.

Here are some more influential statements from this grand book!