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April Precept

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Mr. Browne’s April Precept is:

What is beautiful is good. And who is good will soon be beautiful.

-Sappho

 

The author of Wonder (R.J. Palacio) probably put this precept in with a pretty big reason. The precept starts “What is beautiful is good.” August isn’t what you would say “beautiful.” Some would say opposite. What is this “beautiful?” Is my next question. Does it mean how he looks? We already went over that part. If it’s how he looks, does that mean August isn’t good? This next part might help.

The first paragraph went over the first sentence in the precept (What is beautiful is good). But now, we’re going to take on the second one. “And who is good will soon be beautiful.” I’m going to change this sentence a bit for now: And who is good is beautiful. Let’s try to focus on that. My question on “What is this ‘beautiful’?” Might have gotten a step closer on answering. And who is good is beautiful. That means that the “beautiful” means good! There’s a cycle.

  1. What is beautiful is good
  2. Who is good is beautiful

But, remember, this is my changed version. The real version is “And who is good will soon be beautiful.” Let’s focus on that bold word now. Soon. I think this word shows more than it is. I think it means that something good will soon happen to someone. August, maybe.

March Precept

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Hello! It’s really exciting today, as I am writing on WordPress!

Amusable, for me at least! But I am glad to share new stuff with you, on this site! It’s been a long time, but I hope you enjoy!

 

So, without further ado, let’s go on to the March Precept. The March Precept is,

“KIND WORDS DO NOT COST MUCH. YET THEY ACCOMPLISH MUCH”

-Blaise Pascal

What does this precept mean? Let’s break it down into 2 parts.

 

Kind Words do NOT cost much

This means that you don’t have to pay money to say kind words, now do you? You can just say kind words when you want. Well, they don’t cost much, meaning that maybe someone has to do that little piece of work to make you say good things, but in overall, you can say kind words when you fell like it, so they really don’t cost much.

 

Yet they accomplish much

This means that when you say something to someone, they will react (unless they’re ignoring you), and depending on that, it could be a good reaction, or bad. So if you say kind words, it’s likely you’ll get a better reaction. And you say something unkind, the opposite will happen. So if you say good stuff, they’ll take it as thanks, and perhaps do it more often. This can lead to them accomplishing something.  Hurray!!!!

 

For this precept, it’s harder to explain than to understand, so sorry!

 

You can make it happen!