To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. — Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Author

Many of us believe the future holds new and wondrous things, clearer ideas, and more profound understanding of ideals. Some think it will be more of the same in a different form. If your vision is Farsighted, you may be able to share your more Captivating dream and make a better future.

Peace,
Jim

          FARSIGHTED

Quotes:
A pilot who sees into the distance will not let his ship capsize. — Amenemope (c. 1100 bc) The Wisdom of Amenemope 26:15-16

Symbol: a telescope

          CAPTIVATING

Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, entrancing

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He who attains his ideal, by that very fact transcends it. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) Philosopher

What will you bring with you to the other side?

Peace,
Jim

          RICH

Synonyms: affluent, copious, fruitful, luscious, precious, sumptuous

Balancing Quality: gratitude

Symbol: all forms of treasure [including riches of the mind and of the spirit]

          MATURING

Quote: Maturity: to have regained the seriousness that was had as a child at play. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German Poet

Reflections:
• Giving selflessly, in order to be truly mature, must include self-esteem, power, and the ability to clearly and compassionately communicate, especially in a confrontation.

• Maturity is our move from an egocentric universe to an other-centered universe. We traverse, as an individual or as a society, through survival, security, duty, subjective self-interest, pitiful altruism, helpfulness, and finally on to generosity – a person or group can get stuck in any one of these levels.

   Some adults (of any race) hold that someone who has a different skin color or a different genetic structure is superior or inferior. This prejudice gives the immature person a comparison to judge themselves by. Physical, emotional, psychological, intellectual, social, and historical differences are facts. Generalizations, especially negative generalizations, are very dangerous and cannot fit all of any class.

   The mature person goes beyond the façade If there is a need to judge, they will do so based on the character of the individual.

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Human efforts [are] cumulative, something in every effort [is] preserved and added to the whole. — Fifty Degrees Below Zero, Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-)

This week’s qualities are Aplomb and Fortified. They have in common a certain poise.

Peace,
Jim

          APLOMB

          FORTIFIED

Familial Quality: mettlesome

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Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. — Abraham Lincoln (1806-1865) 16th U.S. President

Peace,
Jim

          STELLAR

          MANEUVERABLE

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Even if someone has looked into the unknown before you, each of us is a Pioneer when we look at it for the first time. We find out there is more to discover. The lessons each child is being taught in every family are the same (or similar) to the lessons every other child is being taught. Look at something new, or in a new way, this week. And share it with someone you are Familial with.

Peace,
Jim

          FAMILIAL

Definition: pertaining to or characteristic of family bonds

Consideration: The family is the basic unit of society, then comes the clan, race, state, nation, world, and universe. Once we all recognize our kin, we will have a chance for world peace.

Quote:
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. — Haniel Long (1888-1956) American Poet

　          PIONEERING

Compatible Quality: courageous

Parental Qualities: faith, freedom

Familial Quality: adventurous

Consider the Source

We change the outcome of our future through the choices we make in each moment of the present. — The Dead Sea Scrolls (ca 100 AD)

Is it Fitting that any of us call ourselves Auspicious? I have read that progress is the watchword of the universe. We will always be moving from our current accomplishments, our present state of completion, to a greater state of being. Some of the keys to such growth is in the definitions and derivations of this interesting word symbol.

Peace,
Jim

          AUSPICIOUS

Synonyms: advantageous, favorable, lucky, propitious, successful

          FITTING

Synonyms: adequate, apposite, apt, competent, conformable, congruous, expedient, seemly

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The social pathology, existential vacuum, and meaninglessness experienced by contemporary society is the result of intrinsic values starvation, Being-value deficiency. Transpersonal values command adoration, celebration, and reverence. They are worth living and dying for. Contemplating and becoming one of these values gives the greatest sense of worth and joy that human beings can experience. — Spiritual Psychology, Meredith Sprunger, Minister

From whence comes the Bountiful? The source is Openhanded. Nonetheless, we are required to seek – and in seeking an ever-expanding universe is progressively revealed.

Peace,
Jim

　          BOUNTIFUL

             OPENHANDED

Symbol: the removal of the right glove

Consider the Source

Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Deep Thinker

The word good in a Good Self-image can represent quite a few descriptors, including the words in the definition of Clean. We all have an idea of self which often does not match the ideas others have of us. And most probably neither is our actual nature, character, or soul.

Peace,
Jim

          CLEAN

Synonyms: purified, sinless, spotless, untarnished

Saying: Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

          GOOD SELF-IMAGE

The American Journal of Nursing, Barbara C. Schutt R.N., Editor.

Components of a Good Self-Image

• An ability to understand and be understood

• Satisfaction of personal expectations

• Reasonable control of environment

• Satisfaction of personal wants

• Satisfaction of personal goals

• Reasonable control of self

• A sense of productivity

• A sense of usefulness

• A sense of belonging

Threats to a Good Self-Image

• A sense of isolation, alienation, or loneliness

• A sense of insecurity (a threat to identity)

• A sense of helplessness

Consider the Source

• Fear

— Jesus (talking with Nathaniel) The Urantia Book (167: 7.6)

If you are Angelic, I suppose you would also be Carefree. Yet we are always striving to be more than we are. A small child possesses the carefree innocence of and angel, yet to mature those (or any other) qualities takes a bit of learning and intention.

Peace,
Jim

          ANGELIC

Quotes:
— The Talmud

Make friends with the angels who, though invisible, are always with you. — Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Preacher and Writer

Comment: How angels serve humans may not be what you think – but what you need. 

          CAREFREE

Color: orange

Symbol: a bird (American Indian)

Consider the Source

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

• Be Proactive (responsible, independent, imaginative, self-aware)
• Begin with the end in mind (conceptualization, visualization, creation)
• Put first things first (time management, start with matters of importance)
• Think Win/Win (mutual benefit, successful, integrity, maturity)
• Seek first to understand, then to be understood (good listener, communication)
• Synergize (communication, cooperation, trust)
• Sharpen the saw (re-energize, relax, be of service)
— The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Richards Covey (1932-2012) American Educator

     Read the difference between Effective and efficient. I usually strive for efficiency, but as I get older, the dogged persistence of effectiveness seems to take the day.

Peace,
Jim

          PRINCIPLED

          EFFECTIVE

Synonyms: conclusive, convincing, forcible, influential, potent

Quote:
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