— John Neville Figgis (1866-1919) Philosopher
This week’s qualities can be taken too far thus you need other qualities to be added to your repertoire in order to keep them in check. What to add to Permissive? How about reasonable? What to add to Red-blooded? How about wisdom? What would you include?
Peace,
Jim
RED-BLOODED
PERMISSIVE
Consider the Source
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.
These are the things I learned in kindergarten. Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some, and think some, and draw, and plan, and sing, and dance, and play, and work some every day. — Elementary Solutions, Robert Fulghum (1937-) Author
Peace,
Jim
ALERT
Symbol: an arrowhead (American Indian)
ECUMENICAL
Comment: This quality is often misunderstood as proselytizing your religion to others. When it is used that way, the other person feels like they are being forced into accepting something which they have not digested yet. The more positive view is to first respect, if not understand, the other’s current grasp of reality, and then offer yours with the hope they can glean some good from it. Reflecting on their corner of reality will also most likely give you some new piece of information to add to your own growing picture. No one has all of the answers. There is always room for improvement.
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
I will do my best to be honest; to be fair; to help where I am needed; to be cheerful; to be friendly and considerate; to be a sister to other Girl Scouts; to respect authority; to use resources wisely; to protect and improve the world around me and to show respect for myself and others through my words and actions. — The Girl Scouts’ Law, 1915
What should we use our energy for? We are Eager to acquire many things. This is fine, but we would be better served with a more complex and Versatile approach — also desire to give, to learn, and to love & be loved.
Peace,
Jim
EAGER
Definition: (1) keen or enthusiastic desire <especially to be helpful>; (2) interested in supporting others; (3) longing with anticipation; expectant
Derivation: Latin, “keen,” “sharp”
Synonyms: earnest, fervent, fervid, intense, vehement, zealous
Quote: Expect your every need to be met, expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level, expect to grow spiritually. — Eileen Caddy (1917-2006) English, Co-founder of Findhorn
VERSATILE
Definitions: (1) competent in many things; (2) turning with ease from one thing to another; many-sided; (3) having or capable of many uses or applications
Quote: In the long run, fancier [in nature] lasts longer since versatility is a virtue. — William H. Calvin (1913 – ) The River That Runs Uphill
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
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.
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
Consider the Source
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
Consider the Source
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