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Consideration

Next week the Baha'i month of fasting will begin, a time where those Baha'is who are eligible to fast refrain from food and drink during...

Detachment

The question I posed this morning before doing my virtues pick was: what virtue do I need to diminish the influence of my ego? I have...

Decisiveness

As a person with a very strong people pleaser mentality, this characteristics of this virtue often elude me. When choices arise I rush to...

Fidelity

I have been struggling with writing a cover letter to my resume to submit to a recruiting firm for a position I am eager to obtain. My...

Detachment

I love this line from a song by India Aire: Life is going to hurt but it is meant to be felt. When I let that hurt control me is when...

Kindness

I am honoured to be a member of a virtues circle which meets fortnightly. We are six women coming together to use this gift of the...

Caring

I am working with an art gallery that seeks to make a shift in its culture to embrace and infuse itself with people from all walks of...

Perceptiveness

In one of my study groups we are striving to initiate and move our conversations to a more purposeful level. We are studying universal...

Friendliness

Friendship is essential to my soul. In my bright line eating circles there is a focus on making connections with others, reaching out...

Cooperation

Over the past week I have been isolating and harbouring my loneliness, wallowing in a story that I played over and over again believing...

Initiative

Drawing this card this morning has given me a jolt of boldness that I required to take responsibility for my choices and refrain from...

Optimism

Yesterday, after a conversation that was fraught with emotional difficulty with one of my adult boys, I found I was completely drained,...

Courtesy

I am plagued by a tendency to control, a coping mechanism acquired in my childhood and I guess modeled for me in my family's culture. I...

Helpfulness

Pre-pandemic, helpfulness consisted of mostly physical acts that we could do for one another - opening doors, picking up something when...

Assertiveness

My proposal is complete and has been sent to those who have made requests for it. This was a rather scary prospect for me as creating a...

Trust

After an emotional family meeting a couple of weeks ago, my mind has been on my boys. After revelations and truth telling, it is apparent...

Joyfulness

I was puzzled when joyfulness appeared as my virtue for today. I even looked at the screen quizzically, thinking what does it mean? What...

Discernment

Some friends and I created a space for our community to come together and say prayers. It was born out of the effects of the pandemic...

Steadfastness

Steadfastness appears again today and I know exactly what is its purpose. I read yesterday about the dynamic relationship between what...

Fairness

What helps me to understand fairness this morning is reflecting on life and death. A dear friend's mother is making the transition to the...

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