October 20, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Marks of the Good Life: it is you who must find the answer in your actions, in living the good life – by embodying the self evident principles of justice, self control, courage, freedom, and abstaining from evil. Marks of the Good Life: it is you who must find the answer in your actions, in living the good life – by embodying the self evident principles of justice, self control, courage, freedom, and abstaining from evil.
October 19, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Good Habits Drive Out Bad Habits: when a bad habit reveals itself, counteract it with a commitment to a contrary virtue. Good Habits Drive Out Bad Habits: when a bad habit reveals itself, counteract it with a commitment to a contrary virtue.
October 18, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Frenemies: what if we turn it around? What if, instead, we ask about the times that we have been false to our friends? Ultimately that’s what it’s about – not judging other people’s behavior, but judging our own. Frenemies: what if we turn it around? What if, instead, we ask about the times that we have been false to our friends? Ultimately that’s what it’s about – not judging other people’s behavior, but judging our own.
October 17, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Exemplars and How to Calibrate a Rubric Exemplars and How to Calibrate a Rubric
October 17, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Benefit Of Kindness: as always, we’re going to focus on what we control: in this case, the ability to choose to respond with kindness. The Benefit Of Kindness: as always, we’re going to focus on what we control: in this case, the ability to choose to respond with kindness.
October 16, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Spread the Word: if you see someone who is in need of help, or has asked for guidance, provide it. You owe them that much. Spread the Word: if you see someone who is in need of help, or has asked for guidance, provide it. You owe them that much.
October 15, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Give People the Benefit of the Doubt: be deliberate and accommodating with your assumptions about other people and you’ll find calmer seas and fairer weather. Give People the Benefit of the Doubt: be deliberate and accommodating with your assumptions about other people and you’ll find calmer seas and fairer weather.
October 14, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Don’t Get Mad. Help: we don’t just want people to be better, we expect it to magically happen – that we can simply will other people to change. Don’t Get Mad. Help: we don’t just want people to be better, we expect it to magically happen – that we can simply will other people to change.
October 13, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Revenge is a Dish Best Not Served: today let’s seek to be better than the things that disappoint or hurt us. Let’s try to be the example we’d like others to follow. Revenge is a Dish Best Not Served: today let’s seek to be better than the things that disappoint or hurt us. Let’s try to be the example we’d like others to follow.
October 12, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Always Love: there is almost no situation in which hatred helps. Yet almost every situation is made better by love – or empathy, understanding, appreciation – even situations in which you are in opposition to someone. Always Love: there is almost no situation in which hatred helps. Yet almost every situation is made better by love – or empathy, understanding, appreciation – even situations in which you are in opposition to someone.
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