Notebooks and Compassion In a School

Fellow writer Lian Goodall shared this video link of notebooks and compassion in a Japanese school. I watched it, tears pouring down my face. I think writing helps get out the things we need to get out, to give voice to–and actually being encouraged to share it and receive compassion in a school setting is incredible. It seems so healing and healthy to me, this teaching of compassion, of expression, of talking about what we need to, and responding to others.

I've often wished that we taught such things in our own schools here. The lessons I took often meant little to me, as a kid and teen being so horribly abused. But lessons like the ones in that video would have opened my wounds and helped healing happen sooner. Bravo for the school, for the wonderful things they're doing.

…What do you think?