Virtue

  "To be able

under all circumstances

to practice five things

constitutes perfect virtue:

these five things are gravity,

generosity of soul,

sincerity, earnestness and kindness. "

~ Confucius BC 551-479

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Gravity means to live up to moral standards of what is right, in thoughts as well as in deeds.

Sincerity relates to ones capacity to act, potency is a synonym of virtue that defines this aptitude.

"Faith without works is dead."       ~ BB page 88

Earnestness is understood to be the virtue of valor, the courage to do the next right thing.

Kindness, the virtue defined by the Golden Rule of life, is having the faith to believe what
you give you will merit in return.

Generosity of the soul is your celestial hierarchy, the angel you wish to be:

From the lowest rank: Angels, Archangels, Principalities, Powers,
Virtues, the angels right in the middle, and Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim,
to the Seraphim, the highest ranking of all of the angels, be the best angel you can be.

A little virtue is better than no virtue at all.

"For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,
a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."           ~ Baruch Spinoza

All the good words you can think of are virtues that you can aspire to.

All the good deeds you can do will be virtuous.

All the good thoughts, the ones that your Higher Power already knows you are thinking,
are the virtues that will give you serenity, peace of mind and the ability to sleep well.

The virtue of the angels is the power that constitutes the Spirit of the Universe.

Today, do not pick and chose the virtue you wish to practice, know that all the virtues
work together to make one happy, joyous and free.

Today, by the generosity of your heart and soul, chose the angel you wish to be and
practice random acts of senseless kindness.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss

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Challenges

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A challenge is

only as difficult

as you make it.

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"Out of clutter, find Simplicity.
From discord, find Harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein

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The challenge to having a healthy relationship and finding true love is to know
what lies in ones heart, not in ones head. The challenge is to know ourselves
before we can offer our true selves to a relationship. To know ourselves is to know
our feelings, and to understand that good feelings make for good relationships
and bad feelings destroy any chance for a mutual admiration society to exist.

Good feelings are born in ones heart through a good seed planted by a good example.

Good examples provide nurturing of the seed which allows the seed to grow in
the sunshine of trust, watered by the necessary faith, and given the nourishment of hope.

All of God's children are good seeds, some are just nurtured better than others.
The real miracle of living is that bad seeds can become good seeds, if they are willing
to learn to trust, have faith, and love themselves and others. There are also sick people,
trying to get well, who can fill their lives with meaning and purpose if they to can learn
to have trust, faith and love in their hearts.

Alcoholics and addicts are not bad people trying to get good,
they are sick people trying to get well.

The challenge for the good and the bad, the sick and the ugly, is to get out of their heads,
and learn to feel with their hearts.

To meet any challenge you must have a plan.
The plan must establish goals to measure progress.
We should not dwell on the final goal, the destination of life, but we must learn to
concentrate on the journey of our life, starting with today.

Trust in your Higher Power to give you a long and wonderful life, and if you put together
a long stream of good days in service to self, others and your Higher Power, the rewards
of having lived a wonderful life, happy, joyous and free, will be yours.

Have faith, even some bad seeds turn out to be beautiful wild flowers.

Trust in your Higher Power, know that all fruits and vegetables grow from a single seed.
Today, be the flower that bears the fruit to nourish the world.
Today, know that there are tomatoes, potatoes and roses and your choice should allow you
to be just as God wants you to be, not as what others expect of you.

Today, if you are a cucumber, do not get pickled, because once a pickle, always a pickle
and you cannot become a cucumber again.. Make sure "you" are healthy before you go
picking a soul mate. Seek out the flower of a healthy fruit, which is just like you, so that
together you may do God's will.

The challenge of life is to grow, enjoy the journey, and leave this world a better place
for those seeds which you have planted

Have faith, opportunities will appear if you allow your Higher Power to help you plan
to meet your challenges.

May your challenge for today be how to do all the good things
that love and kindness have given you the opportunity to enjoy.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss

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Free

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small word

yet it has

so many degrees

of meaning

that we can

become a slave

to its definition.

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What is free. ???

Who is free. ???

Where does free come from.???

Without other people teaching us we cannot learn what free is.

Without the freedom to go to other places we would have nothing

to compare our lives to.

Without the giving and taking of things we would never learn

the value of what free is.

No person is an island.

No person is free of conscious.

No person is free from having to make choices.

Free is not having a negative feeling,

even though most negative feelings are freely given.

Free is not being a slave to an addictive substance or behavior.

By being obligated to doing the next right thing,

we free ourselves to enjoy life.

Free is a responsibility to make the right choice.

Free is to allow ourselves to make a choice

that will permit us to do the will of a Higher Power.

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

~ Michelangelo

Free is using our God given talents to make the world a better place to live.

It is free to show kindness.

It is free to be patient and tolerant.

It is free to forgive.

It is free to show love

It is free to be the person God wants us to be.

Use your free choice to be better than what is expected.

If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.

Today, decide for yourself, make a choice, think about free

and make it work for you.

Today, free yourself from negative feelings and bad habits.

Today, make a gratitude list and thank your Higher Power

for all the people, places and things that are free in your life..

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

Love is helping someone love themselves.

Life is living and loving in the here and now.

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ME and the Boss

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