Positive Qualities: Fortitude & Cheerful
The ideals which have lighted me on my way, and time after time given me courage to face life cheerfully, have been truth, goodness, and beauty. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Physicist
‘Tis the season. The hecticness of the holidays require and result in an interesting pair of qualities. In order to get through them we need to buck up our Fortitude and glaze it all with Cheerfulness.
Best wishes,
Jim
CHEERFUL
Synonyms: blithe, bonny, buoyant, glad, happy, lively, pleasant, sprightly, sunny
Proverb: A cheerful heart causes good healing. — The Bible, Proverbs 17:22
Quotes:
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up. — Mark Twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) Mark Twain’s Notebook
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. — James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American Romantic Poet
Color: yellow
FORTITUDE
Comment: It is by facing stress, conflict, difficulty, and problems that you acquire the qualities of strength, fortitude, and bravery.
