This is one of my favorites! This was a possibility for a novel study in Dax's fifth grade class and so I read it along with a few others out of curiosity. It is a wondrous collection of life lessons woven in nonsense tapestry to bring some great Truths to life. The argument between Dictionopolis and Digitopolis has long been in my mind- for my adoration of words long outweighed my opinion of digits. However, they are both helpful to life. One of the most perplexing things to me as an only child are sibling rivalries similar to the one between the two kings.
Answers to questions like "what is the point of this monotonous stuff?" do come out in real life parallel to how they happen in the book. I have longed for independence and control like Milo did with the symphony. I have experienced doing something with pure motives as he did with the "BUT" and finding I had made a mess for others. As my aging wisdom grows, I have become so fond of Rhyme and Reason. Reason's quote, " You must never feel badly about making mistakes...as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do my being right for the wrong reasons," in Chapter 18 stirs my heart.
My absolute favorite is Chapter 9 "IT's all in the Way You Look at Things"! I love perspective discussions. I love seeing things from God's point of view when He makes it possible; I love seeing things from someone else's perspective. I am no longer afraid of life changing my mind on some things.
2 Timothy 2:23-26 "Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the LORD's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
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