Category: virtues

steps to discover your values, virtues and beliefs

March 23, 2012 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Recently we introduced you to virtues as a starting point for happiness. Developing an arsenal of virtues might sound like a daunting task. Maybe it sounds righteous. Believe me, it’s not. It’s a foundation for so much more life. Your life. It’s a good source of healing. It reduces stress and eliminates conflict. Everyone needs…

virtues for a path to happiness

March 13, 2012 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Positive people lead a much happier, healthier life. While positivity is one key to healing your heart, helping with your depression and hastening your path from rock bottom, there are many virtues to help lead a better life. Life involves personal growth. Building character. Creating a solid foundation. Philosophers have debated the value of virtues…

transparency – a lesson from aesop

February 21, 2012 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Today, I thought I’d share one of Aesop’s fables. They still provide great lessons in life and have stood the test of time for over 25 centuries. That’s 2500 years! The Goat and the Goatherd ~ Aesop  A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his…

how to develop your integrity

August 2, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Part 2 of 2 in a series on integrity part 1 – what is integrity part 2 – how to develop your integrity The million dollar question “How do you live with integrity?”. We spoke about integrity and virtue but there wasn’t enough time to talk about it’s correlation to life. Each of us has…

what is integrity

July 26, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Part 1 of 2 in a series on integrity part 1 – what is integrity part 2 – how to develop your integrity In today’s fast past world we get over stimulated and it’s easy to leave behind some of our core values just to get things done. We go with the flow. We use…

is dogma getting in the way of your progress

July 19, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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It’s nice to have a few luxuries around, isn’t it? You’d love to see poverty and disease eliminated, right? You worry about the environment and social issues? we all want a better world In some way we all want a better world. We want our children to have better opportunities. We want to be healthier,…

ignorance – the hidden poison

July 5, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Part 4 of 4 in a series on the poisons in life ignorance the hidden poison anger the most harmful poison greed the strongest poison three poisons: greed, anger and ignorance In the last series we talked about anger. Today it is time to have a look at ignorance. There is a saying “ignorance is…

anger – the most harmful poison

June 28, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Part 3 of 4 in a series on the poisons in life ignorance the hidden poison anger the most harmful poison greed the strongest poison three poisons: greed, anger and ignorance Anger could arguably be the most harmful poison. Not only to other’s but yourself as well. Anger is a normal and sometimes healthy emotion…

greed – the strongest poison

June 21, 2011 Posted by simply stephen under virtues
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Part 2 of 4 in a series on the poisons in life ignorance the hidden poison anger the most harmful poison greed the strongest poison three poisons: greed, anger and ignorance Greed forces you covet things and people. That creates a vicious cycle. Each item you acquire spawns a desire to have more. More power,…