Values

Dear Folks, A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. — The Boy Scouts’ Law, 1908 Each personality is Essential in the Divine plan. We each have free will to choose to participate or not. But it is better to be than not to be. There will … Read more

Dear Folks, The ultimate purpose of life, which is to keep alive, is impossible, but this is the ultimate purpose of life anyway. — Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig (1928-) Philosopher Note: If one acquires positive qualities they will live beyond this physical life. We have many cycles: awake/asleep, hungry/sated, … Read more

Dear Folks, Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are thousands who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) Poet Any Quality can be put in the form of an affirmation. I have Dignity. I am Reliable. Of course, saying so does not make it so. … Read more

Dear Folks, The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. — Joseph H. Addison (1672-1719) Poet The oldest adage in the book has been expressed by many wise people, it is essentially: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” … Read more

Dear Folks, You know, “nothing ventured, nothing won” is true in every hour. It is the fiber of every experience that signs itself into memory. — John Neville Figgis (1866-1919) Philosopher Truth is one of the three fundamental colors of love (The other two are goodness and beauty). All physical color comes from light; combining … Read more

Dear Folks, Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other. — Author Unknown We all Participate to some degree or another. How are you going to share your life? You can be of service to an idea, an ideal, a person, or … Read more

Dear Folks, Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect of others; Responsibility for all your actions. — Author Unknown Let’s add one more ‘R’ to the list above: Responsive. Someone who is Strikingly beautiful or recognizably famous is accustomed to having others react to their physical presence. We all deserve respect; and the outward … Read more

Dear Folks, What lasts from an educational experience is not the enhancement of memory but the enhancement of being…. It is beliefs about the nature of man, what he may become and what is his destiny, with the morality that flowed from these, that enhance a man’s being. — Basil Fletcher What should I do … Read more

Dear Folks, Character is guided by the nature of things most often envisaged, for the soul takes on the color of its ideas. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180) Philosopher We come into this world with certain natural endowments. We are also Gifted by grace with essential elemental qualities. What we do with these gifts and … Read more

Dear Folks, Whatsoever you sow, so also shall you reap. — The Bible, Galatians 6:7, Paul of Tarsus ( ?–67?) Philosopher These qualities are picked blindly and randomly by the computer. Nonetheless, there are times when events and values are synchronous. We have a Democratic privilege this week to be as Adept as possible in … Read more