Thought For The Day – Wednesday 24^th April 2024

It was very interesting and illuminating to host Matt Pinkett last week.

Thank you to Mrs. Miles for organizing this outstanding session.  We have been following up Matt’s excellent messages in Citizenship lessons this week.

Matt spoke about being a good person.  Matt is someone who has honestly and humbly reflected, researched and worked very hard over many years to formulate his observations and thoughts. We were very fortunate indeed to hear his wisdom.  We will constantly reflect on Matt’s vital messages. Lessons are for life not just for a day or an hour.

Matt is someone who has followed his passion.  What is your passion in life?

As well as many other inclusive things, Matt highlighted the harm and dangers of “toxic masculinity”, mental and physical ideas and stereotypes which are very dangerous, harmful, hurtful and poisonous for all sexes and genders.

There is another way, a better way, a right way. We should never stereotype, always talk about issues and problems and be fully prepared to listen, notice and respect others and not walk on by.  We are diverse and equal. We must appropriately, and safely, challenge wrong actions, attitudes, behaviour and words.  We should treat others exactly as we wish ourselves to be treated, with no negative partiality. This is “The Golden Rule” of religions, ethics and society.  We should be compassionate, honest, humble and thoughtful. The true meaning of resilience is doing our very and respectful best with the challenges we all have.

This all starts with us, with what we do as individuals and as a team.

Matt wants people to show: “militant tenderness, kindness, vulnerability and love”.

Matt’s inspirational ideas are something we will continue to highlight each day at TBSHS.