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Humanity

The inevitability of change surprises me when it is thrust almost unexpectedly upon me. I am at a crossroads, where I have been afforded...

Serenity

With the busyness that I have scheduled in my day, this virtue caused me to exhale and deeply embody that all would be well. I easily get...

Compassion

I have a longing to share thoughts and concepts with people and love engaging in sincere conversations. These conversations energise me....

Initiative

I woke up this morning with many ideas of ways to move projects forward, to reach out to those people that I have been thinking about...

Forbearance

The challenge set today for building my mental fitness is to anticipate saboteur contagion. I have been tasked to be aware when I may...

Enthusiasm

The question I posed before my virtues pick this morning was: What virtue do I need to resist the snares of self and desire? I was...

Tolerance

Yesterday I was not the best version of myself and said and did some things that may have hurt people. I am blessed with a strong judge...

Awe

All that I am stems from what has been bestowed on me by the Creator. It is arrogant of me to attribute any success or good fortune to my...

Idealism

When someone is hurt and upset at the world and everyone in it, how do you ensure that your actions do not exacerbate their feelings?...

Mercy

One of the practices on this card is to treat others tenderly. It denotes no restrictions or caveats about how it is I may be treated,...

Unity

I came across this quote from the Universal House of Justice, the democratically elected international governing body of the Baha'i...

Reverence

This virtue evokes much meaning, thought and consequently directs my behaviour. I am one of those people who restores and rejuvenates my...

Tolerance

Last week I participated in an indigenous learning group with some women from my city. I intentionally joined this group wanting to learn...

Strength

Were it not for the suffering that is inherent in my tests, how would I understand its purpose? The glimpses of power that I perceive are...

Excellence

What I have learned about the practice of this virtue is that it eschews my attempts to create perfection. It is about doing my very best...

Dignity

When I have allowed the incessant stain of racism and behaviours associated with that mindset, of others and my own, to shape who I am,...

Thoughtfulness

When our stories are shared with our friends, families, acquaintances we open up a window in our hearts to others. We let them in to see...

Orderliness

Wow! it was in September when I last let my thoughts roam free about this space. I have missed it and now need to reconnect with getting...

Generosity

In a conversation I had with one of my older sons yesterday, he raised some insights on generosity that he had cause to contemplate. How...

Creativity

Habitually, I have been accessing and tapping into my creativity to make things, to produce something or provide a service. Seeing the...

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