Definitions: (1) strong but pliant; yielding to force without tearing or breaking; flexible; resilient; (2) capable of enduring hardship; sturdy; resistant; (3) robust; hardy; durable; vigorous; (4) resolute; firm; tenacious; tough-minded

Balancing Qualities: Gentle, Reasonable

Quote:
• Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream. — Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949–2000) American self-help author
• Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States

Symbol: the sword

Definitions: (1) easily taught; malleable; (2) allowing oneself to be managed; compliant; docile; (3) autodidactic <self taught>

Quote: To ask what qualities distinguish good from routine scientific research is to address a question that should be of central concern to every scientist. We can make the question more tractable by rephrasing it, “What attributes are shared by the scientific works which have contributed importantly to our understanding of the physical world—in this case the world of living things?” [There are] different frames of reference. — George Adelbert “Bart” Bartholomew (1919–2006) American biologist

Comments:
• It is a pleasure for a teacher to see a student striving to learn. Those students (gifted or not) who apply themselves are the most satisfying.
• It is a great joy for managers to have on their team people who are professional – people who are willing to cooperate within the team as well as take initiative on their own.
• In our culture we have a funny mix. We value both independence as well as strict adherence to social convention. Sometimes it is wise to keep your mouth shut, other times to ask questions, and occasionally express that new idea.

Definition: valuing the oral, written, or recorded history <especially the truth> handed down from age to age or ancestor to posterity

Balancing Quality: Curiosity

Familial Quality: conservative

Saying: Live your traditional values (not forgetting they are ever expanding).

Quotes:
• Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition, and myth frame our response. — Arthur Meier Schlesinger (1917–2007) American historian & critic
• When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day. —  Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) Nigerian novelist & poet

Observations:
• There is a traditional conflict between those who hold to the established ways of the past and those who seek a more modern approach. This conflict need not be as divisive if those involved focus on the truth and value of each strategy. All things known lead to the next things knowable.
• “Traditional Values” vary from place to place and culture to culture, but they all include the basic human virtues: love, honesty, humor, fairness, justice, wisdom, honor, goodness, freedom, mercy, loyalty, etc.

Definitions: (1) an ability, skill, or knack <especially with a musical instrument or with a mechanical tool requiring dexterity>; (2) a distinguishing trait or quality <a woman’s touch>; (3) the execution of an artistic talent in a special manner, <van Gogh’s touch with the brush >; (4) an appreciative and/or gentle contact; (5) to lay hands upon with the intention of healing; (6) in communication <let’s keep in touch>

Quotes:
• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.  — Felice Leonardo Buscaglia [aka Dr. Love] (1924–1998) American motivational speaker
• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. — Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (1911–1977) German-British statistician & economist

Definitions: (1) arousing sympathetic emotions of tenderness or compassion; moved to tears; pathos; (2) marked by sensitivity or tact

Quotes:
• The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. — Warren Gamaliel Bennis (1925–2014) American scholar & leadership consultant
• Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. — Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (1866–1944) Russian painter & art theorist

Definitions: (1) enduring pain or hardship with fortitude; stamina; (2) having sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own; to put up with; (3) allowing for the possibility something unknown to you is worthy; having forbearance; (4) capacity to continue to grow, or even thrive, when subjected to stressful factors

Synonyms: latitudinarian <tolerant of variations in religious opinion or doctrine>; sufferance <endurance with patience>

Compatible Qualities: open-minded, perspicacious

Consequential Quality: friendship

Saying: Intolerance is not tolerated

Quote: Quote: The ability to yield, to bend, to give way, to accommodate is sometimes a source of strength in men as well in wood, so long as it is helmed by inner resolve and by principle. — George Yeomans Pocock (1891-1976) English-American designer & builder of racing shells

Reflection: One of the ways we make people less than lovable is to create or believe dehumanizing propaganda about them, i.e., labeling them with vicious names, supporting a prejudice and allowing oneself to dismiss or to hate.
     Drop the stereotypes. Allow yourself to accept other individuals. Each person is striving just as you are. If they prove themselves to embrace evil, then be cautious when you have to deal with them. It is poison to you if you hate them. Hate the sin but tolerate the sinner.

Admonition: Remember to be tolerant of your own flaws and immaturities. You are always in the process of growth too.

Definition: energetic and dynamic; indefatigable

Quotes:
• I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, which is a good way to do things because if you’re gonna do something, you’d better make sure you do it well. — James (Jimmy) Patrick Page (1944-) English musician
• Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a ‘work’ of man. — Mary Therese McCarthy (1912–1989) American novelist

Definitions: (1) in good order; neat; (2) organized; systematic; methodical; (3) precise and appropriate <especially in manner and dress for a particular occasion>; (4) an acceptable and fair solution to a problem

Aphorism: A place for everything and everything it it’s place. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American polymath [eight disciplines]

Quotes:
• Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. — Mark Twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American humorist
• Coming home to a tidy, pulled-together space will help everything in your life feel the same way. — Bobby Berk (1981-) American interior designer

Definitions: (1) happening, done, or said at a suitable moment, especially in order to achieve a desired effect; opportune; (2) arriving at the appointed time; well-timed; (3) appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion; (4) a lifesaver

Balancing Quality: Prepared

Adage: Take the time to do it right, or you’ll find the time to do it over. — John Wooden (1910-2010) American basketball coach

Idiom:  There is no time like the present.

Quotes:
• For everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under heaven. — The Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:1
• Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American polymath [eight disciplines]
• Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. — Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) American artist
• God … does not recognize earth-time. To the universe, four days is no different than four billion light years. — Robert James Waller (1939-2017) The Bridges of Madison County {1992}
• My hour has not yet come. — Jesus of Nazareth (7 BC-30 AD) Jewish theologian
     Note: Do not be forced into something you are not ready for. Be wise in your judgment of the best time to act.

Affirmations:
• I have enough time to enjoy everything I do.
• I have enough time to do everything I need to do.

Reflection: Your pace is not the same as that of another. Respect the pace of others. There is an ideal pace at which we each should proceed. You don’t want to be going too fast or too slow. Your pace may be restricted by your lack of courage, emotional blocks, comfort patterns, and belief systems. Even so, you can only proceed from where you are.
     You can accelerate your pace, but it needs to be done globally and evenly, moving forward emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. If you ignore some aspect, you will find yourself out of balance and will have to go back to it anyway.

Consideration: Take the time to do it right. Prepare as best you can so you will be able to do your project to the best of your ability.
     When there is a deadline on a job and outside pressures create stress, recognize the balance between efficiency and effectiveness. If you possess a high level of attention to detail, you may have to curb it. Instead of taking the measurement to the fourth decimal, take it to the first decimal. Ask yourself if it is good enough. Good enough doesn’t mean shabby, it means high-quality work under the circumstances. Assess the nature of the job: making cabinets, more accuracy; building a shipping pallet, less accuracy. Know where the boundaries are, but with the awareness of doing it right.

Comments:
• If you are able to see exactly how to fit the luggage into the car trunk, you have a good space sense. Translate your space talent into a time talent by fitting your schedule into the day.
• One of the main reasons to do your best while you’re here, in time and space, is because you can’t go back. You can’t reverse time and do what you should have done previously.
• Since you have all eternity, you can:
     ◦ give yourself a break.
     ◦ take the time to find your right livelihood.
     ◦ find an infinite number of ways to motivate yourself to do your best.

Questions:
• Am I always late or put things off?
• What does it take to have good timing?
     Note: Pay attention to organization, prioritization, focus, and vision. A good way to motivate yourself to be on time is to have concern for the people who are waiting for you. Graciously break off from the current appointment to get to the next one on time. Turn on your consideration switch.

Symbols: 1) a clock; 2) a river; 3) a spindle; 4) the wheel

Definition: a feeling of sudden emotional excitement or an unexpected wave of emotion

Quotes:
•The thrill isn’t in the winning, it’s in the doing. — Charles Henry Noll (1932–2014) American professional football player & head coach
• Exploring is an innate part of being human. We’re all explorers when we’re born. It’s there, I think, in all of us. And for me that moment of discovery is just so thrilling, on any level, that I think anybody that’s experienced it is pretty quickly addicted to it. — Edith Anne “Edie” Widder Smith (1951-) American oceanographer

Comment: It may be interesting to look at what gives you a thrill. Is it fear in a small dose? Is it the exhilaration accompanying an important discovery or a personal accomplishment. Or maybe it is the beauty of nature or art?