An invitation to explore the monthly theme through a discussion for all ages. These questions are designed for family gathering – maybe during a Friday night meal, a quiet moment in the living room or before a board game night, car rides, hikes or any time you have moments when you can listen to each other.
Introducing the Activity
Family members who are readers can alternate who reads the questions. Those who are not readers are invited to share their own impromptu questions. Discussion partners might answer as thoughts come to them or take turns in a circle.
- Is it more important to be right, or kind?
- Would you rather have friends who are always sure they are right, or who can’t make up their minds?
- Whom do you know who always does the right thing?
- On a scale from 1 to 10, how easy is it to be honest with your friends?
- Who taught you the most about being true to your word, or following through on what you say you’re going to do?
- Do you remember your first lie? How did it feel and what did it teach you?
- Who in your life is most “themselves”? In other words, who is least afraid to be who they are?
- What is one action that is always wrong? What is one action that is always right?
- What face do you make when you are about to do something that you know or suspect is wrong?
- Around whom in your life are you free to be your most complete self?
- How are you different from what other people think of you?
- What is one thing you hope is always true about you?
- What are the three most important pieces of you?
- Where is a place where all of you is accepted, where you don’t have to hide any part of yourself?
Ways to Return to the Discussion Throughout the Week
Thoughts develop with time. Find opportunities to bring up particularly compelling questions again during the month, maybe on walks, rides home, when tucking your child in to bed, etc. If thoughts grew or changed, notice that together, how we are all evolving beings, opening ourselves to new truths and understandings as we live our lives and connect with others.
SOURCE: Soul Matters- Soulful Home
