Mark McBride
Theology
10/10/08

“Amanda and the Five Foundational Lessons” Lesson # 1
I am necessarily and unavoidably making decisions all the time. These can and do affect me, others and my world. By these decisions, I am determining who I am and the person I am becoming.

Lesson #2
I see the world through "colored lenses." I am necessarily and unavoidably (to a greater or lesser degree) biased.

Lesson #3
The value judgment I make determine my actions. My mental health and happiness (and often those of many others) rests on the validity of these value judgments.

Lesson #4
Any change in the particular beliefs that control my approach to life cannot help but modify and change my life. It will affect the quality and the texture of all I experience.

Lesson #5
The most significant decisions I make in life will be faith decisions. Faith is an opinion based upon evidence to which I am committed.



Amanda and Her Self-Image

Lesson #1:
Our thoughts have control over our bodies and how we view ourselves. Amanda realized this and she needed to make a decision on how she would think about herself.

Lesson #2:
She knew that her own thoughts controlled her body, and she chose to act on that knowledge. She made a biased decision for the better to see herself as beautiful.

Lesson #3:
She valued her self-image and she wanted to be in control of how she felt and acted everyday. Amanda made a value judgment and it turned out for the better.

Lesson #4:
She believed that she was a beautiful person, and she even drew hearts all over her body as a reminder of that.

Lesson #5:
She made a decision to see herself as beautiful, and at the end of the movie, she was so much happier and more in control of her actions than she was before she started seeing herself as beautiful. She made a decision based on her belief that her thoughts really do control how she feels and how she acts.



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