Consideration: Today, I am grateful for considerate people. Considerate people are those who see outside themselves, and show a general concern for others. They are not self-absorbed, nor do they lack the ability to deeply engage with others. These folks stay clear of the drama that often plays out around them. Instead, thoughtfulness prevails. WeContinue reading “Consideration: Gratitude Challenge: Using the Virtues”
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Accountability: Gratitude Challenge: Using the Virtues
Accountability. Today’s Virtue is Accountability. For any challenge or self-improvement one undertakes, it is best to be held accountable to stay on track. Yesterday’s first post for my Gratitude Challenge: Using the Virtues started with Acceptance. When we are held accountable, we achieve much more than we expected. It forces us to drum up ourContinue reading “Accountability: Gratitude Challenge: Using the Virtues”
Self-Respect
We are responsible for our own lives. Each of us must recognize what has worked for us in the past, what has not worked, and make new decisions based on that knowledge for the next move. We have all made mistakes. We must determine if we are present in life or absent from it. IfContinue reading “Self-Respect”
The Descriptive Self
What’s your response when someone whom you’ve just met asks you what you do? Do you tell him or her your occupation as if that’s who you are? Do you label yourself into a box with presumed connotations, false impressions, or negative or positive associations? Ok. So we’ve been programmed to answer this question invariablyContinue reading “The Descriptive Self”
Don’t Wait for Permission
(2 of 3) In Speaking of Change, we discussed fears and contemplated reasons we may make to stay stagnant in our lives rather than move forward. I hope that this note may help confront one of the many, but powerful reasons not to embrace our inner changes – feeling as if we need permission toContinue reading “Don’t Wait for Permission”
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